I just recently finished watching 'The Fall of The House of Usher' on Netflix, and I had to rewind one part to make sure what I was hearing was correct.
Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake and is home to about 350 shipwrecks. Let's break down 8 of the most famous wrecks including the Edmund Fitzgerald.
It inspired a song, it was the pride of the Twin Ports. It was the largest freshwater ship to sail Lake Superior, now the folklore captures the world's imagination.
So many stories over the years, about the day the Edmund Fitzgerald sunk. I think everyone knows the song better than the story. The song was actually inacurate. When I was a kid, it started my love affair of ships and knowing facts about them.
36 years ago this ship went down. When I used to work in Baton Rouge they told me, don't ever tell them where you are from, they will call you yankee and not want to listen. I announced on the radio I am from Duluth, Minnesota and my phone went wild with fact checking and wanting me to explain stories and play the song and tell them my memories...