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Coast Guard Activates Operation Taconite as SPAR Begins Icebreaking in Western Lake Superior

Officials plan to scale assets, with possible selective closures as conditions warrant.

Split Rock Lighthouse Marks 50 Years Since the Edmund Fitzgerald With Beacon-Lighting Tribute

Edmund Fitzgerald, 50 Years On: Great Lakes Memorials and Fresh Reporting Revisit the Wreck

At 50, the Edmund Fitzgerald’s Wreck—and the Song That Endures—Get a Fresh Look