The Edmund Fitzgerald Memorial Swim, as it’s called, is a 411-mile relay staged to honor the 50th anniversary of the sinking ...

Edmund Fitzgerald Memorial Swim participants had to abort their swim nine miles short of their finish at Sturgeon Point ...

SAULT STE. MARIE — The Edmund Fitzgerald commemorative swim is facing potential cancellation due to needing a safety boat. On ...

In November 1975, the Edmund Fitzgerald encountered a treacherous storm while steaming across Lake Superior. All 29 crew ...

A memorial relay swim is symbolically finishing the Edmund Fitzgerald's final journey nearly 50 years after the ship sank in Lake Superior.

For 15-year-old Eryn Drayton, swimming in the historic relay also has personal meaning. She'll be swimming near Sugar Island, where her grandfather grew up.

The Fitzgerald family has a long maritime history in Port Huron, dating back to 1837. The swim will trace the freighter's intended route, symbolically completing its final voyage. The relay will raise ...

Sixty-eight swimmers will swim in a relay to finish the 411-mile journey the Edmund Fitzgerald never got to complete in November 1975.

A ship built 16 years before the ill-fated SS Edmund Fitzgerald, which sank in 1975, still navigates the waters of the Great ...

SAULT STE. MARIE — Leg three of a historic 411-mile swim to remember those who died on the Edmund Fitzgerald nearly 50 years ago, completed in Sault Ste. Marie Wednesday afternoon. 17 teams with a ...

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