It was a cold and rainy night in November...


... and the ships that were not in dock, were riding the ever-growing waves as the storm raged across Lake Superior.

The sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald and the loss of her 29-member crew during a violent fall storm on November 10, 1975, just northwest of Whitefish Point in southeast Lake Superior was at the time the worst maritime disaster on the Great Lakes in nine years.

Of the more than 1000 ships that have found their graves under the icy waters of the Great Lakes, the Fitzgerald is still the largest ever to go down.

Just like the Titanic, the demise of this seemingly invincible vessel has attracted widespread attention and inspired songwriters and authors to tell her story.

She lives on through song and documentary, and in the hearts of those who knew her and her crew.

Posted: Tue - November 30, 2004 at 06:55 PM          

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