The Edmund Fitzgerald lives on in song and in the memories of the family members left behind, including two families from ...

Gordon Lightfoot turned a brief news item about a Great Lakes tragedy into one of the most haunting songs ever written — an elegy that still echoes 50 years later.

While not the most powerful storm to ever strike the Great Lakes, it has nonetheless taken its place in history alongside the ...

The SS Arthur M. Anderson was the last ship in contact with the Fitz before it sank and also the first rescue ship on scene.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, the largest and most famous of the estimated ...

Great Lakes cruising in 2026 is projected to deliver record growth, new itineraries and a major economic lift across the region. The season will be highlighted by the debut of American Cruise Lines in ...

Maybury State Park offers 1,000 acres of rolling hills and peaceful forests that make you forget you’re near a major metropolitan area. It’s like someone transplanted a chunk of northern Michigan ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 9, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event ...

The crew of the ill-fated Edmund Fitzgerald included seven men from Northeast Ohio who went down with the ship in a wicked ...

In a recent interview with the Associated Press, former reporter Harry Atkins recounts his experience covering the wreck of ...

Wisconsin sits along the shores of two Great Lakes, so fresh fish is always close by. Across the state, from Milwaukee to ...

One Detroit, BridgeDetroit and Great Lakes Now collaboration takes viewers to a northeastern Michigan rice camp ...