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  2. SS Edmund Fitzgerald - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Whitefish Bay - Wikipedia

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    It holds artifacts from the shipwrecks listed below and has information on the notable wreck of SS Edmund Fitzgerald in 1975, in which all 29 crew were lost. After the Soo Locks opened in 1855 and ship traffic increased on Lake Superior, Whitefish Bay was the site of numerous shipwrecks, often due to hazardous weather.

  4. Whitefish Point - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. 47 years later, remembering the Edmund Fitzgerald wreck - AOL

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    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 ...

  6. People remember the Edmund Fitzgerald, but the Daniel J ... - AOL

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    Among the most famous wrecks is the Edmund Fitzgerald, which went down in a fierce November gale on Lake Superior in 1975. But nine years earlier, the Daniel J. Morrell sank on Lake Huron on Nov ...

  7. Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum - Wikipedia

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    The Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum is located at the Whitefish Point Light Station 11 miles (18 km) north of Paradise in Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan.The light station property was transferred to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society (GLSHS), the Michigan Audubon Society (MAS), and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) in 1996.

  8. Whitefish Point Underwater Preserve - Wikipedia

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    Between the loss of the Invincible in 1816 and the sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald in 1975, the Whitefish Point area has claimed at least 240 ships. [4] Vessels are funneled through Whitefish Bay downbound and upbound from the Soo Locks. Poor visibility from forest fire smoke, snow squalls, and Lake Superior's notorious fogs had deadly ...

  9. Barnett to speak about sunken SS Edmund Fitzgerald - AOL

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    On Saturday, Oct. 21 the County Line Historical Society will host John Barnett. He will share his on the 1975 sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.