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Edmund Fitzgerald Ceremony at Split Rock Sells Out for First Time
A record 2,000 tickets sold for the Edmund Fitzgerald Memorial Beacon Lighting, marking 50 years since the shipwreck, the Minnesota Historical Society reported.
- On Nov. 10, 2025, the Edmund Fitzgerald Memorial at Split Rock Lighthouse sold out after high demand, the Minnesota Historical Society said, marking the first attendance cap.
- Lee Radzak, then-keeper, launched a tribute inspired by Gordon Lightfoot's 'The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,' now ranking with the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum on Whitefish Point and Mariners' Church of Detroit.
- Site staff reported unprecedented presales for this ceremony, with a record-breaking 2,000 in-person tickets purchased, far exceeding past figures, the Minnesota Historical Society said.
- This milestone year marks the 50th anniversary of the Fitzgerald sinking, and while in-person tickets are sold out, organizers will livestream the 2025 ceremony for remote viewers.
- Despite no direct link to the wreck, Split Rock remains a symbolic Lake Superior landmark, with the Nov. 10 beacon lighting reinforcing regional remembrance, originating from 1985 tribute efforts.
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