My wife Debbie and I are planning to go to the Nov. 10 at Split Rock Lighthouse event, at this point.
We were at Split Rock to see the colorful leaves in late September and found out about the ceremony. I have never seen the lighthouse actually lit and we thought the 30-year anniversary was great timing to do so.
The lighthouse was decommissioned in 1969 but no doubt, the Edmund Fitzgerald sailed by her many times in the years preceding. It would be interesting to know how many times the Fitz loaded taconite in Duluth/Superior, Two Harbors and Silver Bay, MN. Anyone ever research that?
I was a 13-year living in northern Minnesota during that storm. It was the first year I was allowed to deer hunt. On Saturday, we were hunting in shirt sleeves and remember my father worried about trying to dress deer quickly in such warmth. Then the storm hit with terrible ferocity. I remember hearing about the shipwreck at the time but did not think much about it until the following summer when this eerie song began playing on the radio. And I have been a fan ever since.
John/North Branch, MN
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