CLEVELAND, Ohio – Not since the Edmund Fitzgerald went down 50 years ago today has a giant freighter been lost on the Great Lakes, but prior to then, a number of big ships met their demise, often in ...
BUFFALO, N.Y. — A freighter was on its way to Canada on Sunday after it was freed from ice that trapped it in a frozen Lake Erie for days, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The Manitoulin, a 663-foot ...
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The 50-year mark of the most well-known Great Lakes shipwreck just passed on Nov. 10, 2025 – the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. It has gained popularity in recent years, ...
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay, left, breaks ice, Friday, Jan. 24, 2025, on Lake Erie around the lake freighter Manitoulin, which has been immobilized by thick lake ice since departing ...