Edmund Fitzgerald 50th anniversary memorials. Where to join in remembrances

As the 50th anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald sinking approaches, people across the Great Lakes region will gather to commemorate the occasion and remember the 29 men lost to Lake Superior on a stormy November night in 1975 .

Several formal ceremonies will mark 50 years since that fateful day, Nov. 10, 1975, when " The Fitz" sank in Lake Superior, honoring the victims with wreaths and tolling bells, and keeping alive the memory of the shipwreck.

Interest in the public commemorations is high ahead of the anniversary, with many events already sold out or nearly booked, organizers of some events say.

In Michigan, tributes will take place across the state, tracing the freighter's intended route.

In the Upper Peninsula, the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society will conduct p