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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 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.
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 ...
Bell from the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, now on display in the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum. 129; Independence; Lambton; Miztec; John M. Osborn; SS Comet; SS Cyprus; SS D.M. Clemson; SS Edmund Fitzgerald was the largest ship to ever wreck on the Great Lakes [9] SS Indiana; SS John B. Cowle; SS John Mitchell; SS M.M. Drake; SS Myron; SS Vienna; SS ...
Almost half a century ago, one of the worst maritime disasters in U.S. history unfolded when the SS Edmund Fitzgerald cargo freighter sank in Lake Superior amid a potent storm that stirred up ...
Edmund Fitzgerald United States: 14 November 1883 [33] Ran aground off Long Point. Eliza A. Turner: 1877 Ran aground off Long Point. The same storm claimed the British Lion and Madiera. Elphicke: 1913 Ran aground off Long Point. Empire: 1870 Ran aground off Long Point. Erie United States: 9 August 1841 Caught fire and sank. Erieau Quarry Stone
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 ...
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.