Today at work a song I’m sure many of us have all heard started playing, “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” by Gordon Lightfoot. Now as I said, I’m sure you’ve heard the song before, but have you ever really paid attention to the story behind it? I never did, until my business partner asked me if I remembered it happening. I didn’t, and he thought it happened in the early 80’s so I was curious about it.
After doing a Google search for information I uncovered the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum website. Of course I was specifically interested in information about the Edmund Fitzgerald which they had as well (as you can see from the screen shot above).
If you’re interested in sailing, shipwrecks or other maritime trivia, this could be a very interesting site for you to uncover yourself and dive into (excuse the pun).
By the way, the wreck occurred in 1975 not the 1980’s, so I feel better now considering I had only recently celebrated my 1st birthday when it occurred.