A piece of Great Lakes maritime history hit the auction block this weekend in Detroit. A life ring and wooden plank believed to be from the Edmund Fitzgerald sold for $150k.

The items were sold a month after the 50th anniversary of the famous ship’s sinking in Lake Superior with 29 men aboard.

A life ring from the Edmund Fitzgerald, the famous Great Lakes freighter that was shipwrecked 50 years ago, will be auctioned in Detroit this month. The orange life ring washed onto the Lake Superior ...

The SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank on Nov. 10, 1975, during a violent Lake Superior storm that claimed all 29 crew members. The ship battled escalating winds, massive waves, radar failure and severe ...

TRAVERSE CITY — This November marks 50 years since the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, and 9&10 News is bringing you special coverage to remember the ship and her crew. Join us at 4 p.m. on Nov. 7 ...

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This fall, trending topics have taken an unexpected turn. Instead of pumpkin spice lattes or football, the internet is talking about a decades-old shipwreck. Social media has been packed with posts ...

The sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald likely has become the most widely known shipwreck in North America, thanks to singer Gordon Lightfoot. It was in 1976 when Lightfoot released “The Wreck of the ...

As I write this column, it is the 50th anniversary to the day — Nov. 10, 1975 — of the sinking on Lake Superior of the majestic Great Lakes freighter, Edmund Fitzgerald, amid the storm of the century.

DETROIT (AP) — The state of Michigan is giving up ownership of a rare relic from the famous Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck, just weeks after it strangely obtained it through a settlement in a lawsuit ...