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Tag: Shipwrecks

The Gales of November: remembering the Edmund Fitzgerald

The Gales of November: remembering the Edmund Fitzgerald

Today’s post supplied by Natural Heritage Education Specialist Dave Sproule.

Forty-seven years ago, the huge freighter Edmund Fitzgerald was wrecked on Lake Superior.

This is the story.

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Posted on November 10, 2022November 14, 2022Categories Cultural HeritageTags Lake Superior, Shipwrecks
Shipwrecks of Lake Superior

Shipwrecks of Lake Superior

Today’s post comes from our Natural Heritage Education Specialist (and history buff), Dave Sproule.

Thousands of boats, ships and canoes have been claimed by Lake Superior over the centuries. The Edmund Fitzgerald is simply the most famous and one of the most recent.

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Posted on November 8, 2022November 9, 2022Categories Cultural HeritageTags Lake Superior, Pancake Bay, Shipwrecks, storms
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