Hidden beneathe Lake superior's waters lie the skeletal remains of many shipwrecks. Sailors call it the graveyard of the Great Lakes because more that 300 ships have been lost there in Lake Superior storms including the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald 17 miles off of Whitefish Point.
The 729 foot ore carrier went down in a November storm in 1975 after being buffeted by 30 foot waves and tossed by 70 knot winds. The ship broke in half and sank with all 29 crewmen. It now lies in 530 feet of water.
There is a shipwreck museum at Whitefish Point: http//www.shipwreckmuseum.com/
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