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. The edmund fitzgerald’s legacy endures for many reasons. 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.
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. 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 ‘edmund fitzgerald’ sank half a century ago We’re still fascinated a massive freighter carrying thousands of tons of iron ore disappeared in lake superior, setting shipping on a new course The ship was immortalized in a surprise hit 1976 folk ballad by gordon lightfoot.
Her story is surpassed in books, film and media only by that of the titanic.
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