Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Edmund Fitzgerald Commemorative Beacon Lighting

The lighting of the beacon at Split Rock Lighthouse this evening commemorates the sinking of the freighter Edmund Fitzgerald and the loss of her 29 crew members  40 years ago today. The lighting also remembers all lives lost in Great Lakes shipwrecks.

Superior Calm - 40 years after the Edmund Fitgerald Sinking

40 years ago Lake Superior experienced one of the most powerful storms in recorded history.
Today's placid view shows another side to the big lake.

Thursday, November 5, 2015