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Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald still resonates 50 years later

Name: Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald still resonates 50 years later
Uploaded: 2025-11-03T11:08:00-0500
Duration: 1 min 53 s
Description: This year marks the 50th anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, the largest and most famous of the estimated 6,500 ships that have gone down in the Great Lakes. But the Fitzgerald is remembered while the others are forgotten, thanks in large part to Gordon Lightfoot's haunting 1976 folk ballad that became a surprise hit.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, the largest and most famous of the estimated 6,500 ships that have gone down in the Great Lakes. But the Fitzgerald is remembered while the others are forgotten, thanks in large part to Gordon Lightfoot's haunting 1976 folk ballad that became a surprise hit.