CLEVELAND, Ohio – The sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald on Nov. 10, 1975 remains one of the most legendary and tragic events in Great Lakes history, particularly for Northern Ohio, where nearly half of the 29-man crew resided.

The disaster continues to captivate historians and the public, having been immortalized in song by Gordon Lightfoot’s “Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” and commemorated annually by relatives of the lost sailors and others in the Great Lakes community.

Several events were scheduled to commemorate the 50 th anniversary of the shipwreck, which occurred in Lake Superior during an epic storm of vicious winds and giant waves.

Here are some takeaways from the original article :

1. The sinking is still a mystery

Decades after the ship sank, a definitive cause for the

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