
1975 - Great Lakes ship Edmund Fitzgerald, a 222 meter long iron ore carrier, breaks in two and sinks west of Sault Ste. Marie, after battling 7.5 meter waves and record 125 km/h winds during a November gale on Lake Superior; 29 crew members drown; disaster commemorated in 1976 hit song by Gord Lightfoot.
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