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A preview of Backstory: The Edmund Fitzgerald

Published: November 6, 2025 at 11:09 AM

Nov. 10 marks the 50th anniversary of the most famous of all shipwrecks on the Great Lakes. The Edmund Fitzgerald sank half a century ago in Lake Superior. It's now the subject of a new documentary in our Backstory series.

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