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The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (50th Anniversary)
Posted on 11/10/25 at 5:35 am
Posted on 11/10/25 at 5:35 am
50 years ago, on this day in history, Nov.10 1975, 29 men lost their lives aboard the Edmund Fitzgerald in Lake Superior. This is a great tribute video to them. May they rest in peace....
This post was edited on 11/10/25 at 6:53 am
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Posted on 11/10/25 at 5:43 am to Lowdermilk
Just heard a great story about them on NPR. Apparently the ship had to be skinny to fit through the locks. Like the distance from home plate to first base. That is no good for large waves on the Great Lakes. And people would line up a whole day just to get a glimpse.
Posted on 11/10/25 at 6:02 am to Lowdermilk
Fellas it’s been good to know ya
Posted on 11/10/25 at 6:07 am to Lowdermilk
By and large people don't grasp how large those lakes are.
Lake Pontchartrain is about 650 or so square miles and 65 feet deep at its deepest part.
Lake Superior is about 31,000 square miles and over 1300 feet deep at it's deepest.
Lake Pontchartrain is about 650 or so square miles and 65 feet deep at its deepest part.
Lake Superior is about 31,000 square miles and over 1300 feet deep at it's deepest.
Posted on 11/10/25 at 6:19 am to Lowdermilk
Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
Posted on 11/10/25 at 6:25 am to rockford177
I used to scuba dive shipwrecks w/Dick Race in the great lakes. Never dove this one however…Mr Race made a living recovering ship (laker’s)anchors for owners when they got stuck. He dove the Fitz for the insurance companies. He concluded the Fitz got off course and scraped the bottom. The USCG had changed aids for navigation from manned to automatic and Whitefish went off line in the storm. The grounding wouldn’t be felt by the Capt & Crew any more than a tractor trailer feeling a glass bottle they may drive over and damage a rear tire.
Rest in Peace fellow mariners. A
Rest in Peace fellow mariners. A
Posted on 11/10/25 at 6:27 am to TigerFanatic99
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Lake Pontchartrain is about 650 or so square miles and 65 feet deep at its deepest part.
More like 19 feet deep, right?
Posted on 11/10/25 at 6:32 am to TigerFanatic99
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By and large people don't grasp how large those lakes are.
Yeah it took me flying over it on a flight to Canada when i realized how huge it is.
I blame the bullshite maps we all grew up with.
Posted on 11/10/25 at 6:33 am to BMax12
Rest in Peace, crew of the Big Fitz.
And Gordon Lightfoot too... responsible for, perhaps, the greatest lyric in the history of modern music.
And Gordon Lightfoot too... responsible for, perhaps, the greatest lyric in the history of modern music.
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Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn minutes to hours?
Posted on 11/10/25 at 6:43 am to Lowdermilk
This post was edited on 11/10/25 at 9:28 am
Posted on 11/10/25 at 6:47 am to SloaneRanger
quote:You are more correct than the earlier poster.
More like 19 feet deep, right?
The scours by where the Industrial Canal, Chef Pass & the Rigolets intersect are deeper than that but generally the entire lake is under 20’ of depth.
As in 99.99% of the lake is less than 20’ deep.
Makes for short, abrupt wave periods.
This post was edited on 11/10/25 at 6:48 am
Posted on 11/10/25 at 6:49 am to soccerfüt
Definitely would have guessed it sank in 1915.
Posted on 11/10/25 at 6:49 am to Lowdermilk
Phenomenal song.
The wind in the wires made a tattletale sound as the waves broke over the railing
The wind in the wires made a tattletale sound as the waves broke over the railing
Posted on 11/10/25 at 6:56 am to Lowdermilk
Superior never gives up her dead
This post was edited on 11/10/25 at 7:01 am
Posted on 11/10/25 at 6:59 am to Tigerpaw123
quote:Grill or Seafood?
Superior nevwr gives up her dead
Posted on 11/10/25 at 7:18 am to Beer did clam
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Rest in Peace fellow mariners
The wreck is in Canadian waters in about 525 feet of water. The Canadians passed a law declaring the wreck site a grave site and that forbids the diving on the wreck. This law passed after it was discovered that a body of one of the crew was located outside of the wreck on the bottom. Because of the temperature of the water and lack of oxygen in the water very little if any decomposition occurs. IIRC none of the crews family members wanted the body recovered, preferring that he remain with his shipmates,
RIP crew,
Posted on 11/10/25 at 8:01 am to rockford177
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Just heard a great story about them on NPR. Apparently the ship had to be skinny to fit through the locks. Like the distance from home plate to first base. That is no good for large waves on the Great Lakes. And people would line up a whole day just to get a glimpse.
Chalk another one up for NPR garbage. All great lakes ships have to fit through the locks. All of them. A huge part of the trade is iron ore coming from Duluth to the steel mills in Gary, Cleveland, etc... If they're not carring Minnesota Iron Ore they're likely carrying cargo to smaller river terminals and again have to be narrow.
Posted on 11/10/25 at 8:38 am to TigerFanatic99
Imagine America's luck. Europeans stumbled on a fertile land the size of Europe, with giant inland oceans, powerful rivers, multiple coasts with sea access, and no network of established stupid little kingdoms. The enormous continent was lightly inhabited by nomadic savages with little concept of land ownership and they were about 10 to 20 centuries behind in technology.
Posted on 11/10/25 at 8:46 am to TigerFanatic99
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By and large people don't grasp how large those lakes are.
guilty. I saw a video of the waves on the lakes when winds are at gale force and It shocked me. Looked like something from the Pacific NW.
Lake Decade gets plum shitty in a thunderstorm and it aint that big or deep.
Posted on 11/10/25 at 8:56 am to TigerFanatic99
I was in this boat (excuse the pun) 100%. It’s just a lake right?!?
Just look at a map of the US. Put your thumb over Lake Superior for a reference. Then put your thumb over Louisiana…. Those lakes are monstrous
Just look at a map of the US. Put your thumb over Lake Superior for a reference. Then put your thumb over Louisiana…. Those lakes are monstrous
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