Fifty years on, Edmund Fitzgerald remembered through song and mystery

The Gales of November Remembered

Gordon Lightfoot's famous ballad of the doomed freighter Edmund Fitzgerald is a searching reflection on human frailty.

Edmund Fitzgerald honored, remembered on 50th anniversary

Fifty years ago, the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald, along with the crew of 29 men, was lost on Lake Superior. The ship notoriously sank Nov. 10, 1975, an event that has since been popularized by Gordon Lightfoot’s 1976 song, “Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.” Many Wisconsinites commemorate the anniversary of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald for its mystery, Lightfoot’s song and in respect for the 29 lives lost. For University of Wisconsin student Max Docter M…