LAKE SUPERIOR, MI - It was 48 years ago today that the Edmund Fitzgerald was being loaded with 26,000 tons of iron ore, prepped for what would become her doomed final voyage.

One of the most famous Great Lakes shipwrecks is the Edmund Fitzgerald. She went down on Lake Superior during a storm Nov. 10th, 1975 -- 48 years ago today.

Editor's note: Gordon Lightfoot’s 1976 megahit, “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” held a special resonance in Detroit. This story appeared on page three of the Free Press on Sept. 5 ...

A SS Edmund Fitzgerald in 1959 AP The last communications between the Anderson and the Fitz came on Nov. 10, 1975, at about 7 p.m. At this point, the Anderson was trailing 10 miles behind the Fitz.

The Edmund Fitzgerald sunk 48 years ago on Nov. 10 during a storm on Lake Superior. Here's how its impact is still felt today across the Great Lakes region today.

The Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior during a violent storm on Nov. 10, 1974. All 29 crew members were killed. The wreck still lies about 17 miles north-northwest of Whitefish Point, MI.

Much of the history regarding the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald surrounds what was lost, but there is an important item that was found -- and it’s now on full display.

The 48th anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald ship sinking will be memorialized next Friday at the Michigan Maritime Museum in South Haven beginning at 7 p.m. In 1975, the largest ship sailing the ...

Gordon Lightfoot, the Canadian singer-songwriter whose enduring folk hits included “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” and “Sundown,” died Monday, his spokesperson told CNN. He was 84.

The Edmund Fitzgerald sunk 48 years ago on Nov. 10 during a storm on Lake Superior. Here's how its impact is still felt today across the Great Lakes region today.

The Edmund Fitzgerald sunk 48 years ago on Nov. 10 during a storm on Lake Superior. Here's how its impact is still felt today across the Great Lakes region today.