Articles for tag: Lake Superior storm

Ernest McSorley: The Last Captain of the Edmund Fitzgerald

As the 50th anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald’s sinking approaches, John U. Bacon’s new book revisits Captain Ernest McSorley and the tragedy that claimed 29 lives. By Doug Marrin On November 10, 1975, the Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior in a powerful storm, taking with it 29 men and cementing its place in Great ...