A life ring from the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald was sold for $150,000 at a Dec. 19 auction after spending decades on display at ...

DETROIT, Mich. (KFGO/Learfield) – Relics from the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sold at auction in Detroit for $150,000. The orange ...

A piece of Great Lakes maritime history hit the auction block this weekend in Detroit. A life ring and wooden plank believed to be from the Edmund Fitzgerald sold for $150k.

A life ring from the Edmund Fitzgerald, the famous Great Lakes freighter that was shipwrecked 50 years ago, will be auctioned in Detroit this month. The orange life ring washed onto the Lake Superior ...

The SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank on Nov. 10, 1975, during a violent Lake Superior storm that claimed all 29 crew members. The ship battled escalating winds, massive waves, radar failure and severe ...

Tucked away in the middle of the woods and accessible only by Northern Michigan backroads lives a quintessential up north dive bar called The Hideaway. It’s big with snowmobilers in the winter — hence ...

FEATURE: Fifty years after the freighter vanished in a November storm, the families left behind — ‘the wives and the sons and the daughters’ — say their faith in Christ has carried them through every ...

This fall, trending topics have taken an unexpected turn. Instead of pumpkin spice lattes or football, the internet is talking about a decades-old shipwreck. Social media has been packed with posts ...

The sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald likely has become the most widely known shipwreck in North America, thanks to singer Gordon Lightfoot. It was in 1976 when Lightfoot released “The Wreck of the ...

CLEVELAND — Fifty years ago this month, the Great Lakes reminded us of their power — and their peril. On Nov. 10, 1975, the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald vanished beneath the icy waters of Lake Superior. All ...