Shipments of iron ore on the Great Lakes totaled 4.5 million tons in October, a decrease of 12.3 percent compared to a year ago. Shipments were 10.1 percent below the month’s 5-year average.

LAKE SUPERIOR, MI - It was 49 years ago today that the Edmund Fitzgerald was being loaded with 26,000 tons of iron ore, ...

Over the last two centuries, more than 70 ships have plunged to their demise on the Great Lakes during November. Some, like ...

The Edmund Fitzgerald's bell now is displayed at the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum at Whitefish Point. Canadian explorer ...

Sunday marks 49 years since one of the most famous and deadly Great Lakes shipwrecks: the sinking of the ore-carrier SS ...

A busy port and moody skies make the “November gales” a special time to watch massive “lakers” and oceanbound “salties.” ...

THUNDER BAY - This November 10th marks the anniversary of the sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, one of Lake Superior's ...

Minnesota became the leading iron ore producer ... one of the most dangerous stretches of water in the Great Lakes (and perhaps anywhere); ships must squeeze through an obstacle course of ...