A ship built 16 years before the ill-fated SS Edmund Fitzgerald, which sank in 1975, still navigates the waters of the Great Lakes transporting cargo. The SS Alpena, launched in 1942 under the name SS ...
In November 1913, the Great Lakes were struck by the deadliest storm in their recorded history, claiming hundreds of lives ...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — When the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald was immortalized, so too was the ship’s namesake. Edmund Fitzgerald was a businessman in the Wisconsin area: the president of ...
January, it's not long before the Great Lakes' largest ships dock for the season. Here's where to find them until March.
News 8 is producing a series of stories that will be published in the days leading up to Nov. 10, the 50th anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. It will culminate with a WOOD TV+ special ...