“The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down Of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee Superior, it’s said, never gives up her dead When the gales of November come early.” Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot wrote possibly the most accurate and heart-wrenching memorial to the twenty-nine men lost on 10 November 1975, when the ...
Having spent my entire life living on the eastern shores of Lake Michigan, the mysteries of the Great Lakes shipwrecks have always been of huge interest. Add to that, my father was a merchant marine on the Great Lakes until the day he died having been a member of the crew of the Edmund Fitzgerald ...
Many bands record cover songs in the studio, while others have a tendency to perform them live. Here, I attempt to catalog all of the cover songs ever done by one of my favorite bands, as there’s indeed many. I separated the songs into ABC order in categories of the artists they’ve covered, which probably ...
Duluth, Minnesota is an excellent Midwestern vacation destination, particularly during the summer months. Duluth is located north of Minneapolis on the shore of the largest of the Great Lakes, Lake Superior, There are many fine dining restaurants in Duluth, many of which offer hearty, good food. Following are some of the best restaurants in Duluth: ...
The Great Lakes region will forever serve as a final resting place for countless crew members and passengers who lost their lives in the estimated 6,000+ shipwrecks that have been seized by Mother Nature. Perhaps one of the most famous of these shipwrecks is the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, which was named for the newly appointed ...