DISCOVERING | Edmund Fitzgerald | Big Bucks of Yesteryear

Episode 158 - 50 years ago the Edmund Fitzgerald sank just 17 miles off the coast of Whitefish Bay during a November storm on Lake Superior. 29 lives were lost aboard one of the greatest freighters to sail the Great Lakes. 50 years later the mystery of the ship's sinking still makes headlines and fascinates many. To commemorate the anniversary, we revisit the story of that fateful day and discuss why the legend still lives on.

I made an error and wrote pounds instead of TONS! The Fitz was loaded with 16,116 long tons of taconite pellets.

AND, the opener of the Michigan gun deer season opens up Saturday, so to get us all in the spirit, I have a bunch of big buck photos from the 70's, 80's and 90's from Iron County.

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