Today marked the 44th anniversary of the sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald in a November storm on Lake Superior with the loss of all 29 men aboard. The Fitzgerald passed by Split Rock Lighthouse as it left Superior harbor on that final voyage, and so this evening a ceremony was held at the lighthouse honoring the men lost by tolling a bell for each as their name was read and lighting the beacon (which is normally not lit since the lighthouse’s retirement).
Remembering the Sinking
