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11-11-2005, 01:14 AM
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Edmund Fitzgerald Nov. 10, 1975
30 years ago, today in history
The Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald Nov. 10, 1975 http://solosong.net/gordon/edmund/edmund.html Learn more at: http://boatnerd.com/ 
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#2
11-11-2005, 01:59 AM
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Re: Edmund Fitzgerald Nov. 10, 1975
There were other worse wrecks on the Great Lakes but that song insured the wreck of the Fitz would be remembered forever...there is still no consensus on what really happened when the Witch of November came....several different official inquiries but nothing for sure...and they still ring the bells 29 times at the Maritime Sailors Cathedral !! I read a cool article on it recently. The ships bell was salvaged from the tomb years ago..
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11-11-2005, 04:55 AM
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Re: Edmund Fitzgerald Nov. 10, 1975
There was an excellent Special on TV recently about this whole situation. Don't know if it only aired here in Canada or if it was broadcast in the United States as well. A good portion at the end of the show focused on the recovery of the bell. If I recall, quite a few of the family members of the crew were not happy the bell was brought up. They felt it should have stayed with the ship.
BTW - I had nothing to do with the song  , that was done by the "talented" Lightfoot 
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11-11-2005, 05:03 AM
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Re: Edmund Fitzgerald Nov. 10, 1975
That was the first question I asked you when you came on the site !!!
 
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#5
11-11-2005, 05:18 AM
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Re: Edmund Fitzgerald Nov. 10, 1975
It left here the night it sank. The Arthur M Anderson (the ship that was following the Fitz and survived the same storm) is docked here for the winter. I remember the next day and the waves were real high. I was a Soph in High School. The song is slightly wrong, it loaded it's ore here in Minnesota. I guess Wisconsin rhymed better than Minnesota.
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#6
11-11-2005, 05:32 AM
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Re: Edmund Fitzgerald Nov. 10, 1975
-------The Anderson goes by our house on a regular basis along with just about every other boat on the Great Lakes. I got lucky about 6 years ago and got a ride on the Paul A. Tregurtha all the way to Duluth and back. It brings back coal to the electric plant just south of me. What a trip, deluxe all the way!!!.........Bill S
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