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The SS Edmund Fitzgerald, a large cargo ship, moves through the water with its name visible on the bow. Map of Lake Superior showing the route of the Edmund Fitzgerald ship from Duluth, Minnesota, across the lake past Isle Royale and Caribou Island, ending at the marked wreck site near Whitefish Bay off Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The map includes surrounding states and provinces, key islands, and highlights the location of the shipwreck. Edmund Fitzgerald with his namesake freighter Rear Admiral Winford Barrow in uniform and Captain Roger Jacobsen in a trench coat examine life jackets and debris from the Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck laid out on the ground. The SS Edmund Fitzgerald, an empty Great Lakes freighter, travels upriver with industrial buildings visible along the shoreline in the background.
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    Amy Tikkanen is Managing Editor at Encyclopaedia Britannica.

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Revised the Top Questions section. Nov 09, 2026
Revised the Top Questions section. Oct 28, 2026
Modified link of Web site: NPR - 50 years ago, the Edmund Fitzgerald, a 'rock star' ship, sank in Lake Superior. Aug 26, 2026
Add new Web site: Detroit Historical Society - S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald. Jun 06, 2026
Add new Web site: PBS News - 'The Gales of November' explores the Edmund Fitzgerald tragedy and the legend it inspired. Mar 13, 2026
Add new Web site: CBC Arts - 50 years after sinking, the Edmund Fitzgerald lives on through internet memes. Feb 03, 2026
Added cross-references and revised the Top Questions section. Nov 10, 2025
Media added. Nov 07, 2025
Added a Quick Facts box. Nov 07, 2025
Added a Top Questions section. Nov 05, 2025
Add new Web site: Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum - Edmund Fitzgerald. Aug 02, 2025
Add new Web site: CBS News - The SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank 48 years ago. Here's the story of its final voyage. Jan 16, 2025
Add new Web site: Wisconsin Shipwrecks - Edmund Fitzgerald (1958). Oct 25, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - A Forensic Investigation Of The Breakup And Sinking Of The Great Lakes Iron Ore Carrier Edmund Fitzgerald, November 10th 1975, Using Modern Naval Architecture Tools And Techniques (PDF). Sep 11, 2024
Add new Web site: Great Lakes Guide - Discover the Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck in Lake Superior. Aug 09, 2023
Add new Web site: NPR - 50 years ago, the Edmund Fitzgerald, a 'rock star' ship, sank in Lake Superior. Apr 04, 2023
Add new Web site: Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum - Edmund Fitzgerald. Jan 04, 2019
Add new Web site: Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies - The sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald. Jan 04, 2019
Add new Web site: Marquette Maritime Museum - Edmund Fitzgerald Shipwreck. Jan 04, 2019
Media added. Nov 21, 2016
New article added. Nov 15, 2016
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