The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society was founded in 1978 by a group of divers, teachers, and educators to commence exploration of historic shipwrecks in eastern Lake Superior, near Whitefish Point in Michigan’s scenic Upper Peninsula. Today, this non-profit organization operates two museum sites on historic properties: The Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum, Whitefish Point Light Station, Whitefish Point; and the U.S. Weather Bureau Building, Soo Locks Park, Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan.
Visitors to the Museum will be able to see the artifact above and a few others from perhaps the most famous Great Lakes shipwreck of them all: the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, which sank in Lake Superior in November, 1975 and was immortalized in Gordon Lightfoot's hit song The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, which he released in 1976.
The SS Edmund Fitzgerald was a massive Great Lakes freighter that sank in Lake Superior during a severe storm. Built in 1958, it was once the largest ship on the Great Lakes, stretching 729 feet long. On its final voyage, the ship was carrying over 26,000 tons of taconite pellets from Superior, Wisconsin, to Detroit, Michigan. Caught in a powerful storm with hurricane-force winds and waves over 25 feet high, the Fitzgerald lost radar contact and sank suddenly without sending a distress signal. All 29 crew members perished. The exact cause of the sinking remains a mystery, though theories include structural failure, flooding, or being overwhelmed by massive waves. The wreck lies 530 feet beneath the lake's surface.
Here is a list of dead seamen that earned Gordon Lightfoot a lot of money:
Here is the museum shitter:
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