Twenty-seven people died as a result of the wreck, and what happened is only known because of its lone survivor.

In November 1905, Lake Superior erupted into one of its most violent storms, later known as the Mataafa Storm.

Video taken more than 500 feet down in Lake Superior confirms a shipwreck is the long-lost freighter Henry B. Smith. Shipwreck hunters located the wreck in May about 30 miles north of Marquette, Mich.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Winter storms on the Great Lakes have a habit of briefly giving things back — from exposed reefs and forgotten shorelines to ...

The SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank on Nov. 10, 1975, during a violent Lake Superior storm that claimed all 29 crew members. The ship battled escalating winds, massive waves, radar failure and severe ...

DULUTH — Tanner Johnson has studied a lot of shipwrecks. In terms of popular fascination, though, few shipwrecks compare to the foundering of the Edmund Fitzgerald in a 1975 Lake Superior storm, with ...

Winter storms on the Great Lakes can temporarily lower water levels, revealing shipwrecks and other submerged features. Strong, sustained winds during colder months push water from one end of a lake ...