LAKE SUPERIOR, MI - It was 49 years ago today that the Edmund Fitzgerald was being loaded with 26,000 tons of iron ore, ...

Shipments of iron ore on the Great Lakes totaled 4.5 million tons in October, a decrease of 12.3 percent compared to a year ...

Three hundred and eight-four disasters resulted in $2 million in losses. That's $78.8 million in today’s dollars.

Over the decades, the Great Lakes have seen many ship disasters in November. Here's what to know about the Edmund Fitzgerald, ...

However, the Great Lakes region and its farmers benefit from a unique, efficient shipping trade route from the heartland of ...

Minnesota became the leading iron ore producer ... one of the most dangerous stretches of water in the Great Lakes (and perhaps anywhere); ships must squeeze through an obstacle course of ...

A busy port and moody skies make the “November gales” a special time to watch massive “lakers” and oceanbound “salties.” ...

THUNDER BAY - This November 10th marks the anniversary of the sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, one of Lake Superior's ...

SUPERIOR, Wis. — The memories of the 29 people who died when the Edmund Fitzgerald sank will be remembered this weekend on ...

Sunday marks 49 years since one of the most famous and deadly Great Lakes shipwrecks: the sinking of the ore-carrier SS ...

The Great Lakes region contains nearly 85 percent of North ... Any new heavy-metals mines in northeastern Minnesota would be in addition to the many open-pit iron-ore and taconite mines in the region, ...