US EditionFor whom the bell tolls: The 29 men lost on the Edmund Fitzgerald, 50 years ago
The memorial honored 29 lost mariners with a bell ringing and included family visits to the wreck site; the Fitzgerald remains the largest freighter lost on the Great Lakes.
- Sunday, Old Mariners' Church in Detroit hosted mariners, historians and family and friends to mark the 50th anniversary, with ship masters, bell ringers and America's Sea Cadets attending.
- On November 10, 2025, the freighter sank off Whitefish Point during a violent storm while bound for Zug Island, and a U.S. Coast Guard investigation determined improperly closed hatches allowed water in.
- A replica bell tolled 29 times as parishioners and overflow room filled the pews, honoring the 29 lives lost in the Edmund Fitzgerald sinking.
- The shipwreck remains one of the Great Lakes' most infamous disasters and is still the largest freighter ever lost on the inland seas; the 729-foot freighter was beloved from Duluth to Detroit.
- The O'Brien family plans to go to Whitefish Island on Monday to sprinkle their grandmother's ashes, while relatives say debate continues as `You gotta lot of different theories`, and Scott Kuzma hopes commemorations persist.
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50 years later, the legacy of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald looms as large as ever
People are gathering at ceremonies around the Great Lakes this weekend to honor the memories of the 29 crew members who died a half-century ago on Nov. 10, 1975, when the Edmund Fitzgerald — the largest freighter on the Lakes at the time — sank during a ferocious storm on Lake Superior. Read more: 50 years later, the legacy of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald looms as large as ever
A Requiem For The SS Edmund Fitzgerald On The 50th Anniversary Of Its Infamous Sinking
SS Edmund Fitzgerald As “dudes rock’ moments go, there are few that are as universally agreed upon as the shared love of Gordon Lightfoot’s iconic folk rock ballad “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.” The song, released in August of 1976, tells the haunting tale of the sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald just a year prior, as well as the incredible lore surrounding both the massive ship and the lake that took it down. But what of the boat itsel…
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