When launched on june 7, 1958, she was the largest ship on north america's great lakes and remains the largest to have sunk there. Edmund fitzgerald, american freighter that sank during a storm on november 10, 1975, in lake superior, killing all 29 aboard Its mysterious demise inspired gordon lightfoot’s hit song “the wreck of the edmund fitzgerald” (1976), which helped make it the most famous shipwreck in the great lakes. Nobody knows what sank the ‘edmund fitzgerald.’ but its doomed final voyage will always be america’s defining shipwreck fifty years after the freighter disappeared into the depths of lake. The edmund fitzgerald’s legacy endures for many reasons. 10, 1975, the ss edmund fitzgerald sank in lake superior, killing its entire crew of 29 and becoming the largest shipwreck in the great lakes
The tragedy was immortalized in a gordon. 1 in washburn, a memorial dedication ceremony was held for the 29 crew members who lost their lives aboard the fitz just ahead of the 50th anniversary of its sinking. Fifty years after the ss edmund fitzgerald vanished on lake superior, key questions still linger — despite memorials, improved safety, and rare dives to the wreck. The exact cause of the edmund fitzgerald’s sinking is still a mystery, but the lasting legacy is this There were more than 6,000 shipwrecks on the great lakes in the century prior to the wreck. The fateful journey by sean ley, development officer the final voyage of the edmund fitzgerald began november 9, 1975 at the burlington northern railroad dock no.1, superior, wisconsin
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