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Half Century Since Tragedy: The Edmund Fitzgerald

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Episode Half Century Since Tragedy: The Edmund Fitzgerald

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On Nov. 10, 1975, the Edmund Fitzgerald disappeared beneath the waves of Lake Superior in a terrible storm. The sinking took the lives of 29 men and was immortalized in song by Gordon Lightfoot.

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*Sources:

• Macleans Magazine • Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum: https://shipwreckmuseum.com/edmund-fitzgerald/ • National Weather Service: https://www.weather.gov/mqt/fitz_fitzc • Great Lakes Museum: https://greatlakesmuseum.ca/how-much-of-the-wreck-of-the-edmund-fitzgerald-is-true/ • Global News: https://globalnews.ca/news/11514293/edmund-fitzgerald-shipwreck-50-years/

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