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Sorting Fish and Breakaway Buoys
Sort fish, harvest wild rice, and what a drifting buoy revealed about winter on the lakes.
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Great Lakes volatility on display. Why ocean waves are less risky.
Gale force winds producing waves not seen since the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald in 1975 are hitting the Great Lakes. Giant waves in some parts of Lake Superior were […]
The Edmund Fitzgerald is More Than a Maritime Tragedy
As a child, Thomas Nelson became fascinated by the Edmund Fitzgerald after seeing one of its lifeboats in a museum. As an adult and elected official, he realized that the […]
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Edmund Fitzgerald relics auctioned. How much a life ring, plank sold for
A life ring and piece of wood found after the ill-fated SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in 1975 were sold at auction on Friday, Dec. 19, for $150,000 — more than […]
Why the Edmund Fitzgerald is More Than a Maritime Tragedy | Great Lakes Now
In Wrecked: The Edmund Fitzgerald and the Sinking of the American Economy, author Thomas Nelson explores how the Edmund Fitzgerald is more than just the subject of a popular song. […]
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