The Edmund Fitzgerald

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For 17 years, she was the pride of the Great Lakes fleet, making historic speed runs across Superior, and her mystery now finally solved, she rests in peace on the floor of Lake Superior. The great, 729 foot ship went down at 7:25 PM on November 10, 1975, only a short distance from Whitefish Point, a monstrous wave inundating her, and forcing her shoal-weakened hull to stave in two. The ship obviously sank very fast, maybe in a matter of seconds, since the Arthur Anderson saw her on one sweep of the radar, and not the next. Her bell, recently raised, sits in a newly dedicated shrine at Whitefish Point, keeping watch over her resting place. Below, see her in better days. Edmund Fitzgerald Links

• About the restoration of the bell
• Kenneth Newham's Edmund Fitzgerald page
• Mary Wilhelm's Homepage.
  She lost her father on Big Fitz. Lots of info, including a crew list, and more on the great bell.
• The lyrics of the haunting song by Gordon Lightfoot
• Download the MIDI file of the song
• Another good page with info on Big Fitz
• Back to the Beginning