Thursday, November 10, 2011

Edmund Fitzgerald Anniversary

Just a quick note that today (November 10) marks the 35th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald - an event made infamous by the song by Gordon Lightfoot. The song somehow always reminds me of Georgian Bay. . .  Wonder why that is?

 Here's a cool compilation video I found of the event, with Gordon providing the haunting musical accompaniment;



Speaking of shipwrecks and Georgian Bay, there is another upcoming anniversary - that of the loss of 'The Waubuno'. In the next couple of weeks I'll be putting up some cool underwater video I took when Anchor Girl & I visited the resting place of the ship, back on our summer holidays. 

 
In the meantime, here's a couple of still shots that I grabbed from said video;