Dossin Great Lakes Museum to commemorate sinking of Edmund Fitzgerald with events from Nov. 7-10

Dossin Great Lakes Museum to commemorate sinking of Edmund Fitzgerald with events from Nov. 7-10

This November, the Dossin Great Lakes Museum is honoring the 29 men who lost their lives in the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald.

The Legend Lives On From The Chippewa On Down

“The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down. Of the big lake they called Gitche Gumee. The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead When the skies of November turn gloomy. They prayed In the maritime sailors’ cathedral. The church bell chimed ‘til it rang twenty-nine times For each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald. Superior, they said, never gives up her dead When the gales of November come early....