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State Week: The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

NPR Illinois | 91.9 UIS | By Sean Crawford
Published November 12, 2026 at 10:08 AM CST
The Edmund Fitzgerald sits on the bottom of Lake Superior 530 feet below the surface.
Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society
The Edmund Fitzgerald sits on the bottom of Lake Superior 530 feet below the surface.

The Edmund Fitzgerald sank Nov. 10, 1975, and the legend lives on. The author of The Gales of November, joins us to discuss what we know about the freighter that went down, taking 29 men to their graves, and what is still unclear.

Listen to the radio transmission from the ship that fateful night.

Bob Campbell/NOAA

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