Michigan sits nestled among the Great ... The 729-foot-long Edmund Fitzgerald sank on Lake Superior in 1975, taking with it its 29-member crew, according to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum.

Of the 550 recorded shipwrecks on Lake Superior, more than 200 happened not far from here. But of all those ships resting on the lakebed, there’s one that looms largest in Michigan memory.

or how far the wind blows over the lake. The longer the wind travels over open water, the stronger the waves can be. The Edmund Fitzgerald sank near Whitefish Point, Michigan, which means the wind ...

Was the Edmund Fitzgerald the worst wreck that happened ... The Carl D. Bradley sank in a Lake Michigan storm on Nov. 18, 1958. Of the 35 crew members, 33 died. The Daniel J.

More: More than 3 times as many shipwrecks were discovered in Lake Michigan last year as ever before. Why? More: What you should know about the Edmund Fitzgerald, the Milwaukee-linked ship that ...

They're known as the gales of November, and they conjure images of hurricane-force winds, towering waves, ice-cold temperatures, and bobbing ships. Also known as the "witches" of November, they ...

They've even been immortalized in Gordon Lightfoot's enduringly popular song about the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald in 1975 ... maritime historian with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources ...