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51 years ago today (11/9/1975) the Edmund Fitzgerald departed at 2:20 pm
Posted on 11/9/26 at 12:56 pm
Posted on 11/9/26 at 12:56 pm
I've always found this story to be fascinating. I think it's the idea of bearing your fate on open water and how terrifying that would be.
According to the official timeline, the ship was loaded with 26,116 long tons of taconite pellets at Burlington Northern Railroad’s Dock 1 in Superior. It departed Lake Superior at 2:20 p.m. on November 9, bound for Zug Island in Detroit.
This voyage began under Captain Ernest McSorley, with the crew navigating through gale-force winds and heavy seas. The vessel was later lost in a violent storm on eastern Lake Superior shortly after 7:10 p.m. on November 10, 1975, killing all 29 men aboard.
According to the official timeline, the ship was loaded with 26,116 long tons of taconite pellets at Burlington Northern Railroad’s Dock 1 in Superior. It departed Lake Superior at 2:20 p.m. on November 9, bound for Zug Island in Detroit.
This voyage began under Captain Ernest McSorley, with the crew navigating through gale-force winds and heavy seas. The vessel was later lost in a violent storm on eastern Lake Superior shortly after 7:10 p.m. on November 10, 1975, killing all 29 men aboard.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 1:05 pm to Clyde Tipton
Posted on 11/9/26 at 1:05 pm to Clyde Tipton
Because of temperature of the deeper lake water and the relatively low oxygen content, those fellas are all still in the ship. I guess that one is topside or outside near the bow.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 1:09 pm to Clyde Tipton
Gales of November is an incredible book about the wreck. Would be a great miniseries.
Meatester podcast had the author on a few months ago. Great listen.
Meatester podcast had the author on a few months ago. Great listen.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 1:11 pm to Clyde Tipton
Gordon Lightfoot knocked it out of the park with that song.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 1:19 pm to Ziippy
The man was brilliant, that was just the culmination of his genius.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 1:20 pm to Clyde Tipton
Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
Posted on 11/9/26 at 1:23 pm to Clyde Tipton
I freaking HATE that song. Screw you Gordon "gitchagoomie" Lightfoot. 
Posted on 11/9/26 at 1:27 pm to Ziippy
quote:I played this no less than a dozen times on TouchTunes this weekend
Gordon Lightfoot knocked it out of the park with that song.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 1:29 pm to TheWalrus
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The man was brilliant, that was just the culmination of his genius.
Don Quixote is a under rated song of his, as is Old Dan's Records, and can't forget about Canadian Railroad Trilogy
This post was edited on 11/9/26 at 1:39 pm
Posted on 11/9/26 at 1:30 pm to Clyde Tipton
A really good breakdown of the meteorology behind the sinking.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 1:33 pm to Nodust
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Gales of November
Thanks for posting. Just added to my reading list.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 1:36 pm to randybobandy
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I freaking HATE that song. Screw you Gordon "gitchagoomie" Lightfoot.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 1:41 pm to Clyde Tipton
"We are holding our own"
Posted on 11/9/26 at 1:42 pm to randybobandy
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I freaking HATE that song. Screw you Gordon "gitchagoomie" Lightfoot.
This might be the gayest thing I've ever seen posted on the OT
Posted on 11/9/26 at 1:42 pm to randybobandy
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Screw you Gordon "gitchagoomie" Lightfoot.
The Native American (Ojibwe) name for the lake is gichi-gami pronounced gitchi-gami or kitchi-gami in different dialects, meaning "great sea".
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote this name as "Gitche Gumee" in the poem The Song of Hiawatha, as did Gordon Lightfoot in his song The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 1:45 pm to sqerty
And all that remains is the faces and the names
Of the wives and the sons and the daughters
Of the wives and the sons and the daughters
Posted on 11/9/26 at 1:46 pm to crash1211
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Canadian Railroad Trilogy
A masterpiece.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 1:46 pm to Ziippy
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Gordon Lightfoot knocked it out of the park with that song.
Very popular song in Michigan.
Play that at a bar and you can make friends quickly.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 1:50 pm to Clyde Tipton
"The wind through the wires made a tattle tail sound, as a wave broke over the railing..."
Haunting. Always stuck with me
Haunting. Always stuck with me
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