Lake Superior is a favorite place for our family. We love to spend time on her shores. We enjoy exploring the areas around the lake. And we enjoyed many adventures around and on the mighty lake.
Our family enjoys learning history about Lake Superior.
50 years ago today.. November 10th..
Leaving
port from Superior, Wisconsin, on a sunny November day, the crew of the
Edmund Fitzgerald is looking forward to a routine crossing of deep Lake
Superior.
Heading
for Zug Island, Detroit, Michigan, the giant transport ship is loaded
with ore that will be used to build cars. But disaster is building in
the wind as a storm begins to track after the great ship.
The bell rings forever where heroes are found, for the soul of the sailor is held in its sounds.
There wasn't a sound except for the bell - Some say it rang out when the mighty ship fell.
The
Edmund Fitzgerald was found later, lying broken and twisted on the
bottom of Lake Superior, only 17 miles from the shelter of Whitefish
Point.
November 10th, 1975
29 men aboard
Beautiful photos, ❤️ dear Carla.
ReplyDeleteSo sad! My mom used to have a record that played the song, The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Such a sad and haunting song- fitting for the memory of the men who lost their lives as the gales of November came early.
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