Smithsonian Magazine

Nobody Knows What Sank the ‘Edmund Fitzgerald.’ But Its Doomed Final Voyage Will Always Be America’s Defining Shipwreck

Fifty years after the freighter disappeared into the depths of Lake Superior, the mystery of its demise—and the mournful ...
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Freighter speeding through fog caused 1905 collision, sinking of 414-foot steamer on Lake Huron

PRESQUE ISLE, MI – Thick fog hung over Lake Huron on June 18, 1905. The 414-foot steamer Etruria was sailing northbound. The 545-foot freighter Amaza Stone was speeding southbound. The two ships ...

These men dove to the Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck decades ago. They share their stories

Terrence Tysall set a record scuba diving to the Edmund Fitzgerald. Ric Mixter dove in a submersible, finding a missing body. Here are their stories.
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Shipwreck Hunter Finds Large Freighter That Sank in Lake Huron During the 'White Hurricane' 112 Years Ago

In November 1913, a massive winter storm swept through the Great Lakes. Nicknamed the “White Hurricane,” the blizzard caused one of the largest inland maritime disasters in United States history, ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Shipwreck Hunter Finds Large Freighter That Sank in Lake Huron During the ‘White Hurricane’ 112 Years Ago

The James Carruthers was one of a dozen ships that sank during the "White Hurricane" that swept across the Great Lakes in November 1913. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons In November 1913, a massive ...