The Gales of November” is a detailed account of the story of the Edmund Fitzgerald, known to her crew as the Fitz.

DETROIT - It's an evocative song that defies description: haunting yet comforting, wistful yet powerful, mythic yet real. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald was among Gordon Lightfoot's greatest hits, ...

Michiganders remembered Gordon Lightfoot, a Canadian folk singer who died Monday at 84 and who told stories through song, one of the best known being "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," an unlikely ...

Editor's note: Gordon Lightfoot’s 1976 megahit, “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” held a special resonance in Detroit. This story appeared on page three of the Free Press on Sept. 5, 1976. The ...

Gordon Lightfoot’s 1976 folk ballad told the true story of a shipwreck on Lake Superior. One of his old friends called it “a documentarian’s song.” By Mike Ives Gordon Lightfoot, the Canadian folk ...

In honor of the 50th year since the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum will host two ...

The bell of the Edmund Fitzgerald on display at the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum in Paradise, Michigan. The bell was recovered in 1995 at the request of family members of the victims as a way to have ...

DULUTH — The guitar Gordon Lightfoot used to write "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," according to his longtime bassist, is being sold at auction along with several other items related to the late ...