The Edmund Fitzgerald sank 50 years ago, on Nov. 10, 1975. Split Rock Lighthouse will host a 50th anniversary commemoration for the ship, including a beacon lighting and memorial for those lost in the sinking.

This week marks 50 years since the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank while crossing Lake Superior. The shipwreck, which killed all 29 men aboard, became the most well-known wreck to ever occur on the Great Lakes.

The Door County Maritime Museum's curator and exhibits manager looks back on the story of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, 50 years after it sunk in Lake Superior

It’s been exactly 50 years since the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald. The tragedy on November 10, 1975, claimed the lives of her entire crew, including Karl Peckol and Paul Riippa from Ashtabula. Monday night,

LAKE SUPERIOR, MI - It was 50 years ago today that the Edmund Fitzgerald was being loaded with 26,000 tons of iron ore, prepped for what would become her tragic final voyage.

The S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior on November 10th 1975, but the legacy of the ship continues to this day half a century later.

A Great Lakes historian believes another expedition to the wreckage with advanced technology could find out why the ship sank, but family members of the lost crew oppose further exploration of the wreckage.

In 1994, Ric Mixter spent nearly two hours on the bottom of Lake Superior. His dive revealed torn steel, spilled ore and clues to the freighter’s fate.