Fred Stonehouse on a Legend of Lake Superior Edmund Fitzgerald bow anchor, lost in 1974, on display at the Dossin Great Lakes Museum. On November 10, 1975, the 729-foot SS Edmund Fitzgerald vanished without a distress call during a violent gale on Lake Superior. All 29 men aboard were lost. The last transmission from Captain Ernest McSorley was, “We are holding our own.” The Fitzgerald was the largest Great Lakes ship when it was launched and remains the largest and most famo

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In early August 2025, NPLSF and its partners tackled a massive cleanup at Fisherman’s Home, a historic commercial fishing camp at Isle...