The fateful voyage
Lake
Superior
Hours before it sank we know that the Edmund Fitzgerald had taken some damage from a storm, but no one knows exactly what sent the 729-foot freighter to the bottom. Experts believe is was a large wave set, running aground on the Six Fathom Shoal or some combination of both.
NORTH
AmerICA
Great
Lakes
ONTARIO
Thunder Bay
Takes northern route
for more shelter
CANADA
Isle Royale
MINNESOTA
U.S.
Edmund Fitzgerald Route
Michipicoten I.
Six Fathom Shoal
Last seen on radar
Nov. 10, 7:15 PM
Duluth
Caribou I.
Wreck site
Sault Ste.
Marie
Superior
Departs
Nov. 9, 2:30 PM
Whitefish Bay
MICHIGAN
WISCONSIN
50 mi
50 km
Soren Walljasper, NG Staff.
Sources: Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum; Lake Survey Center; NOAA
The fateful voyage
Hours before it sank we know that the Edmund Fitzgerald had taken some damage from a storm, but no one knows exactly what sent the 729-foot freighter to the bottom. Experts believe is was a large wave set, running aground on the Six Fathom Shoal or some combination of both.
ONTARIO
ENLARGED BELOW
Edmund
Fitzgerald Route
MINN.
LAKE
SUPERIOR
Superior
MICHIGAN
Departs
Nov. 9, 2:30 PM
WISCONSIN
ONTARIO
Takes northern route
for more shelter
CANADA
U.S.
Michipicoten I.
Six Fathom Shoal
Last seen on radar
Nov. 10, 7:15 PM
Caribou I.
Wreck site
Sault Ste.
Marie
25 mi
MICHIGAN
Whitefish
Bay
25 km
Soren Walljasper, NG Staff.
Sources: Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum;
Lake Survey Center; NOAA