Split Rock Lighthouse to observe tragedy of Edmund Fitzgerald
Event includes beacon lighting, bell tolls and reading the names of those drowned In 1975, the freighter Edmund Fitzgerald left Superior, Wis., headed for Detroit with 26,000 tons of taconite when ...
Commemorative beacon lighting
To commemorate the sinking of the freighter Edmund Fitzgerald and the loss of her 29 crew members on Nov. 10, 1975, an annual event is scheduled for Nov. 10 at Split Rock Lighthouse. The event ...