It was 35 years ago today that the Great Lakes freighter Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior. The mysterious tragedy inspired Gordon Lightfoot to write a moving ballad about the wreck. If you visit the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum at Whitefish Point, Michigan you can see the bell of the freighter and many other artifacts relating to the voyage. Tonight at 7pm the Museum will have its annual memorial service to honor the crew of 29 that was lost that fateful night.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Great Lakes History
It was 35 years ago today that the Great Lakes freighter Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior. The mysterious tragedy inspired Gordon Lightfoot to write a moving ballad about the wreck. If you visit the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum at Whitefish Point, Michigan you can see the bell of the freighter and many other artifacts relating to the voyage. Tonight at 7pm the Museum will have its annual memorial service to honor the crew of 29 that was lost that fateful night.
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