"We’re not gone until the last person who remembered us is gone, and my hope is that we never live in a world in which no one remembers the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," said author John U. Bacon.

The Great Lakes Lore Maritime Museum hosted a bell ringing ceremony Saturday afternoon honoring the 29 lives lost whe

As Monday marks 50 years since the ship’s sinking, visitors at Milwaukee’s Grohmann Museum honor the 29 lost sailors and the enduring legacy of the Great Lakes’ most haunting tragedy.

Fifty years ago Monday, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald freighter sank in the waters of Lake Superior near Whitefish Point in the Upper Peninsula during a fierce storm. The 29 crew members on board all died.

The S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald was considered the largest and fastest Great Lakes ship. It set multiple records for the largest season-hauls. Built by the Great Lakes Engineering Works in River Rouge, Mich., the ship launched in 1958.

Standing room only crowd gathers at the Mariners' Church of Detroit on Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025, to commemorate the SS Edmund Fitzgerald the 29 crew who perished in the maritime disaster on Nov. 10, 1975.

The SS Arthur M. Anderson was the last ship in contact with the Fitz before it sank and also the first rescue ship on scene.