SS Edmund Fitzgerald

Description

Media Type: Image
Description: A model of the Great Lakes freighter “SS Edmund Fitzgerald” which was built in 1957, and shipwrecked in a storm on Lake Superior on November 10, 1975. The shipwreck is one of the most famous on the Great Lakes and was commemorated in Gordon Lightfoot’s 1976 song “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.” The model was made in 1990 by Jack Kipfer, and is almost 4 feet in length.
Subject(s): Model ships
Local identifier: 2007.40.1
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Recommended Citation: Image courtesy of the Port Colborne Historical & Marine Museum
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Contact: Port Colborne Historical and Marine Museum
Email:archives@portcolborne.ca
Website:
https://www.portcolborne.ca/en/recreation-and-leisure/historical-and-marine-museum.aspx

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280 King St. Box 572
Port Colborne, ON L3K 5X8

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