A storm chronology of the Lake Superior gale storm on November 10th, 1975 that sank the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, a massive iron ore carrier.
The SS Edmund Fitzgerald left the Port of Duluth-Superior on November 9th, with a planned destiniaton to Zug Island, near Detroit, Michigan. The ship sank seven miles from the entrance to Whitefish Bay, Michigan. All 29 crew members perished.