On this day in history; The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

[Jersey mike]

1975 and 50 years seems so long ago, I was just a 10 year old kid.


“ Fifty years later, the legend of the Edmund Fitzgerald lives on”

In Toledo, the National Museum of the Great Lakes has several events scheduled, including a tribute concert at the Valentine Theater by Meredith Moon, daughter of Canadian songwriter Gordon Lightfoot, whose mournful ballad “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” was a billboard hit in 1976.

Two stanzas in particular captured the mystery and emotion that still linger in America’s collective consciousness, long after the bell at the Mariners’ Church in Detroit first rang - 29 times - for each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald.


https://www.cleveland.com/news/2025/11/fifty-years-later-the-legend-of-the-edmund-fitzgerald-lives-on.html

[bill-jr]

They would have made whitefish bay if they’d put 15 more miles behind her

[carolinarider09]

They would have made whitefish bay if they’d put 15 more miles behind her

My view of Whitefish Bay some 12 - 14 years ago. 



The Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald is the reason I went. 

[Jersey mike]

They would have made whitefish bay if they’d put 15 more miles behind her

My view of Whitefish Bay some 12 - 14 years ago. 



The Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald is the reason I went. 

It still look eerie even if that would have been a safe haven.

I’m guessing that the referenced 15 miles would have been about 90 minutes time difference from when they departed.