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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.
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
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 ...
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 ...
Stories about the Great Lakes freighter Edmund Fitzgerald were on the front page of Detroit Free Press' Nov. 12, 1975 edition. The ship disappeared on Nov. 10 on Lake Superior and was later found ...
The sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald in 1975 marked a major turning point in the shipping industry. The Edmund Fitzgerald sinking is legendary. But the gales of November claimed many more ships.
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
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 Western Reserve; Another such place is known as "Shipwreck Alley," which is a 448-square-mile (1,160 km 2) area of the Lake Huron shoreline that holds an estimated 200 shipwrecks.