The Gales of November” takes a look back at the SS Edmund Fitzgerald nearly 50 years after its sinking. The 729-foot Great ...

SAULT STE. MARIE — One of the most recognizable aspects of Sault Ste. Marie is the 500-foot freighter permanently docked in downtown Sault, which is also home to one of the most comprehensive museums ...

The SS Alpena, the oldest working freighter on Michigan's Great Lakes, is back on course for another shipping season. As of 9:30 a.m. on Aug. 28, the ship was en route from Cleveland, Ohio, and was on ...

The mighty ship, immortalized in song by Gordon Lightfoot, sank 50 years ago on Lake Superior. Our reporter spent a week on a Great Lakes freighter that survived the storm.

TOLEDO, Ohio — Modern day freighters are massive - the Edmund Fitzgerald stood more than 700 feet long and weighed over 13,000 tons. Today’s ships are designed off the back of generations of shipping ...

It has been a half-century since the ship sank on Lake Superior, and a pop single memorialized its fate. Now museums are ...

While the Fitzgerald may be at the bottom of Lake Superior, the Schoonmaker now lives in Toledo harbor as a museum ship. The ...

Lake Superior was calm, and the Michipicoten was plying deep waters June 8 when the ship's crew heard a loud bang. The 698-foot freighter suddenly began taking on water near Isle Royale. The ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. As the boat pushes from the Detroit River seawall, Captain ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — It will be at least another day mired about a mile off shore from Buffalo for the crew of the Great Lakes freighter Manitoulin, which became stuck in ice after leaving the Queen City ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized new ballast water regulations that exempt existing Great Lakes ships from having to install onboard treatment. On Tuesday, Sept. 24, the EPA ...