On November 10th 1975, the largest ship on the Great Lakes sailed into one of the worst storms Lake Superior had ever seen. The ship attempted to make it to shore in Whitefish Bay but ended up vanishing without a trace, never reaching its destination. The SS Edmund Fitzgerald, considered the pride of American inland shipping, was lost along with twenty-nine crew members. At the time nobody knew what happened to the ship as it had simply disappeared. It was eventually found a few days later at the bottom of Lake Superior split in two parts. What happened to the boat and why did it sink the night of November 10th? To understand this event and the tragic loss of life we must first look at the life of the ship, its final voyage, and the fury of the storm that claimed her.   SHOW NOTES SS Edmund Fitzgerald - Wikipedia The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Wikipedia The Legend of the Edmund Fitzgerald | Northern Michigan History The Storm and Voyage — S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald Online S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald | Detroit Historical Society The Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald -- BackgroundThe Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald -- Background The Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald -- Aftermath The Gales of November: remembering the Edmund Fitzgerald Sinking of the Fitzgerald Edmund Fitzgerald (1958) - WI Shipwrecks Edmund Fitzgerald | Sinking, Ship, Bodies, Song, & Facts | Britannica Did they ever find the bodies from the Edmund Fitzgerald? | Britannica The Fateful Journey - Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society 50 years on, Edmund Fitzgerald remembered through song and mystery | CBC News Remembering the Edmund Fitzgerald – National Museum of the Great Lakes The Storm that Sunk the Edmund Fitzgerald | Teaching Great Lakes Science How Much of “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” is True? - Great Lakes Museum The Edmund Fitzgerald sank in the Great Lakes 50 years ago. This is its legacy : NPR Edmund Fitzgerald® | Great Lakes Brewing Company 2015 $20 Lost Ships in Canadian Waters: S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald - Pure