There were 29 men onboard. The Edmund Fitzgerald first sailed in 1958 and was more than 729 feet long. The 200-pound bell from the ship, recovered from the wreckage in 1995, is on display at the ...
Here's what to know about November wrecks. The disaster even has a song dedicated to it, "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," by Gordon Lightfoot. Each year, bells are tolled in memory of the ...
The 729-foot-long Edmund Fitzgerald sank on Lake Superior in 1975, taking down its entire 29-member crew, according to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum. The disaster even has a song dedicated to ...