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SS Edmund Fitzgerald was an American Great Lakes freighter that sank in Lake Superior during a storm on November 10, 1975, with the loss of the entire crew of 29 men. 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.
The passage of the amendment accelerated the creation of the taconite mining industry in Northern Minnesota. The Eveleth Taconite Company was formed in 1964 and on April 8, 1966, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald took on the first load of Eveleth taconite pellets, about 23,000 long tons (23,000 t; 26,000 short tons). The taconite era on the Missabe had ...
At 17 miles away, Whitefish Point is the nearest navigation mark to the wreckage of the ore freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald, which sank in 1975. [1] Whitefish Point remains one of the most dangerous shipping areas in the Great Lakes , [ 2 ] Known as the graveyard of the Great Lakes , [ 1 ] more vessels have been lost in the Whitefish Point area ...
The 729-foot-long Edmund Fitzgerald sank on Lake Superior in 1975, taking with it its 29-member crew, according to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum.
Launched on June 7, 1958, the Fitzgerald became the largest carrier on the Great Lakes until 1971, according to the National Weather Service in Mar 47 years later, remembering the Edmund ...
A schooner that sank in a storm en route to Picton. One crew member perished of exposure upon reaching Amherst Island. Ariadne: North of North Sandy Pond in shallow water are the remains of Ariadne: Augustus: A schooner that sank en route to be scuttled during the 1937 Portsmouth harbour cleanup. Bay State: 4 November 1862 Screw propeller, sank ...
Ernest M. McSorley (September 29, 1912 – November 10, 1975) was the last captain of the lake freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald.Captain McSorley perished along with the other 28 members of his crew when the ship sank in the Canadian side of Lake Superior on November 10, 1975.
With the 50th anniversary of the sinking approaching on Nov. 10, 2025, organizers are looking for 17 teams of four swimmers to take part in a 17-stage relay and documentary on the Edmund Fitzgerald.