LAKE COUNTY, Minn. — It’s a sunny August Saturday at Split Rock Lighthouse historical site in northern Minnesota on the shore of Lake Superior. There’s a line out the lighthouse door of visitors eager ...

July 29th marked the 114th birthday of Split Rock Lighthouse. July 29th marked the 114th birthday of Split Rock Lighthouse. They celebrated by giving special tours, serving dinner and drinks, and ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Our kayaks sliced through the thick fog that blanketed Lake Superior, erasing any view of Split Rock Lighthouse towering on the cliffside ahead. We paddled past one of Minnesota’s most recognizable ...

With over 2,000 people in attendance for the 50th anniversary commemorating the SS Edmund Fitzgerald’s loss, Split Rock Lighthouse and the Minnesota Historical Society held their annual observance on ...

Tickets are already sold out for a ceremony at Minnesota's Split Rock Lighthouse to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald in Lake Superior. "This reverent annual ...

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