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TALES OF THE GREAT LAKES

SISTER SHIPS

There were three vessels on the great lakes named STONE. Under some mysterious coincidence each was lost on October 12. The William Stone in 1901,The Ella G. Stone in 1918, and the George Stone in 1919.

THE EDMUND FITZGERALD

November 10 1975 marks a tragic day in recent maritime history when "The Big Fitz" and her 29 crew tragically vanished off Whitefish Bay. Loaded with a belly full of taconite this giant carrier headed for Detroit, a destination she would never reach. Eye witnesses from the nearby Arthur M. Anderson claimed she vanished from sight in moments as the hurling blizzard of icy waves engulfed them. Divers discovered her the following spring in 530 feet of water broken in two. Mystery still surrounds her sinking.

GREAT LAKES MOST TRAGIC STORMS

The Big Storm.......November 9-12 1913 Black Friday........October 10 1916 Armistice Day.......November 10-11 1940

THE THREE SISTERS

This phenomenon presumed unique to Lake Superior Storms involves giant, sequential waves. The first wave hits the ship's deck, the second crashes again before any back-wash can clear, allowing the third to overload the ship with up to 5,000 tons of water. In minutes they have sent unsuspecting vessels nose diving to their destiny.

WATERSPOUTS

Resembling a tornado, this rarely sighted marine phenomenon is a rotating funnel of condensed water droplets that can reach three-hundred feet in diameter and can have winds exceeding ninety miles and hour. Heights can reach up to nine-thousand feet.

Minnesota's Historic Shipwrecks

Minnesota DNR