44 years later: Remembering the Edmund Fitzgerald
WHITEFISH POINT, Mich. (WLUC) - “The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down, of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee. Superior they say, never gives up her dead, when the gales of November come early."
On this day 44 years ago, the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in Lake Superior. The 29 crew members sank with the freighter hauling iron ore.
As an low pressure system moved up across the Great Lakes on Nov. 10, 1975, Lake Superior intensified, bringing with it 25-35 foot waves, and sustained winds of 67 mph, with gusts up to 86 mph.
The storm, undetected by radar systems, brought the ‘gales of November’ to the lake, 17 miles north-northwest of Whitefish Point.
On Sunday, November 10, at 7 p.m., the annual Edmund Fitzgerald Memorial Ceremony will be held at the Shipwreck Museum in Whitefish Point, Chippewa County.
I've been to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum. It is well worth a trip for a look-see if you ever find yourself in the UP of Michigan.
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