Great Lakes Superlatives
The only Great Lake located entirely within the United States.
What is Lake Michigan?
The date the Edmund Fitzgerald sank.
What is November 10, 1975?
The Fitzgerald likely sank due to it breaking in half, rather than this reason stated in the song.
What is the Main Hatchway Caved In?
729 feet
What is the length of the Edmund Fitzgerald?
In addition to transporting cargo, the Edmund Fitzgerald boasted 2 of these for well-to-do passengers cruising in luxury.
What are State Rooms?
The warmest of the Great Lakes.
This date in 1995 marks the final, sanctioned dive to the wreck in order to recover the bell. Also our Nation's birthday.
What is July 4?
17 is the more accurate distance to Whitefish Bay, rather than this stated distance.
What is 15 miles?
530 feet
What is the approximate depth of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald?
Term for a ship turning around.
What is 'Coming About'?
Due to its many islands, this Great Lake has the most shoreline.
What is Lake Huron?
June 7, 1958
What is the launch of the Edmund Fitzgerald?
The Fitzgerald's payload was actually Taconite, a low grade, pelleted version of this rock claimed to be the load by Lightfoot.
What is Iron Ore?
The Mariner's Church in Detroit tolled their bells 29 times each year on the anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald until 2023 when they rang it 30 times for this reason.
What is the death of Gordon Lightfoot?
While not a Great Lakes wreck, the sinking of this British ship entered the U.S. into World War 1 when 128 Americans died in the tragedy.
What is the RMS Lusitania?
This Great Lake is highest in elevation.
What is Lake Superior?
January 7, 1974- the Fitzgerald lost this albatross type tool off the bow of the ship 1 miles west of Belle Isle in the Detroit River. It was recovered in 1992 and is now on display at the Dossin Great Lakes Museum on the same island.
What is an Anchor?
The song states “The captain wired in he had water comin’ in and the good ship and crew was in peril" was the ship's final transmission. However, it was actually this famous line.
What is "We are holding our own"?
The song "The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald" contains 0 choruses and this many verses.
Aargh! You may have heard a pirate use this term; a nautical idiom for the bottom of the sea, representing the final resting place of drowned sailors and shipwrecked vessels.
What is Davey Jones' Locker?
The smallest of the Great Lakes.
What is Lake Ontario?
August 20, 1976
This city was the final destination of the Fitzgerald, not Cleveland like the song suggests.
What is Detroit, MI?
When the SS Murray Bay launched a year after the Edmund Fitzgerald it became the longest ship on the Great Lakes by this many feet.
What is 1 foot?
The fateful trip was to be the last of the season before heading to this type of winter storage for a ship.
What is Dry Dock?