Monday, November 10th, 2025
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Remembering the Edmund Fitzgerald 50 Years Later
The largest ship sailing the Great Lakes in 1975 sank fifty years ago today, on November 10, 1975, taking 29 souls with it to the depths of Lake Superior.
The SS Edmund Fitzgerald was a 728-foot iron ore carrier that made 748 round trips between Wisconsin and Detroit before its final, fateful voyage.
The crew manning the ship that day hailed from Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, Minnesota, and beyond. The ship was carrying 26,000 pounds of iron ore, and set sail for Detroit on November 9th at 2:15 p.m.
A picture of the ship’s stern not long before her final voyage
The Voyage
About six hours into its trip from Superior, Wisconsin to Detroit’s Zug Island, the “Titanic of the Great Lakes” was put on alert by a gale warning for all of Lake Superior from the National Weather Service.
The Fitzgerald’s captain, Ernest McSorley, acknowledged the nasty weather conditions through communications with a nearby ship, the Arthur M. Anderson. After several hours passed, the Fitzgerald went missing from the Anderson’s radar.
Within an hour, the U.S. Coast Guard began a search mission to look for the ship to no avail. All 29 crewmembers perished, leading to the Fitzgerald’s place in history as the greatest maritime tragedy the Great Lakes has ever seen.
A 2005 image of the Arhur M. Anderson, the last ship the Fitzgerald encountered prior to sinking
The SS Edmund Fitzgerald’s launch on June 7, 1958
May we all remember the lives lost in the wreck of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald fifty years ago today.
You can see a video of the wreckage with audio from communications from the nearby Arthur M. Anderson after the wreck happened here.
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Around the Mitten
West Michigan: Thousands of residents were without power on Sunday after a mix of wintry weather hit parts of the state. (More)
Statewide: Michigan was ranked the No. 18-most obese and overweight state in America in a new study. (See Study)
Lake Michigan: Multiple photographs captured the rare phenomenon known as “snowspouts” yesterday. (See Photos)
Grand Rapids: The “most delicious time of the year” is upon Grand Rapids with the city’s annual restaurant week taking place today through Friday. (More)
Statewide: Both U.S. senators from Michigan voted against the senate measure that passed to reopen the government Sunday night. (More)
Kalamazoo: The Michigan Department of Transportation finished the decades-long, $19 million U.S. 131 project expanding the interchange. (More)
Lansing: Thousands of visitors attended Michigan’s largest train show featuring nine model train layouts from clubs across the state. (See Video)
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Sports
Cade Cunningham’s 26 points and 11 assists led the Pistons to a 111-108 victory over the 76ers, maintaining first place in the NBA Eastern Conference. (See Box Score)
Head Coach Dan Campbell confirmed his new role of calling plays after the Lions’ 44-22 win over the Commanders. (More)
The Wolverines moved up three spots to No. 18 in this week’s AP Top 25 poll. (See Rankings)
Big Ten executives are reportedly planning to pursue the $2.4 billion private equity deal even without the support of the University of Michigan and others. (More)
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