For the first time in the four-decade history of the ceremony, attendance had to be capped: 2,000 tickets were sold. Family members of at least two crewmen who lost their lives on the Fitzgerald were ...

The Split Rock Lighthouse beacon, located along the Lake Superior shore near Beaver Bay, is lit at dusk on Nov. 10, 2010, to recognize the anniversary of the sinking of the freighter Edmund Fitzgerald ...

A restoration project is underway at Split Rock Lighthouse, with work expected to continue through June and scaffolding now visible on the historic site. Site Manager Hayes Scriven said the project ...

TWO HARBORS, Minn. — One of the most storied shipwrecks on the Great Lakes will mark its 50th anniversary with a packed house on the north shore of Lake Superior. Every November, folks at the ...

More than 2,000 people turned out Monday on the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald. Split Rock Lighthouse and the Minnesota Historical Society commemorated the tragedy, which ...

“A record-breaking 2,000 in-person tickets have been purchased for the Edmund Fitzgerald Memorial Beacon Lighting and commemoration ceremony at Split Rock Lighthouse,” according to a Monday news ...

TWO HARBORS, MINNESOTA - One of the most famous lighthouses on the Great Lakes will again be hosting an Edmund Fitzgerald memorial service this year, and the gathering marking the 50th anniversary of ...

The Minnesota Historical Society is laying the groundwork for repairs to three of the most iconic and historically significant structures in the state — the Split Rock Lighthouse and two buildings at ...

The 50th Anniversary Commemoration of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald’s sinking, being held at Split Rock Lighthouse on November 10, has sold out. A representative from the Minnesota Historical Society said ...

Split Rock Lighthouse, shown here in 2008, when crews erected scaffolding to replace bricks and the windows around the light at the top of the structure. The lighthouse will look similar this spring, ...