The song was nominated for two Grammys, including Song of the Year and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance.Īccording to MLive, Lightfoot altered lyrics over the years in response to listener objections and new information about the wreck. Additionally, the ship in the song was on its way to Cleveland, instead of Detroit. The lyrics indicate the ship’s cook talked to crew members about the bad weather, but there’s no way of knowing if it actually happened. Lightfoot, a member of the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and recipient of the Companion of the Order of Canada civilian honor in 2003, changed and added some details about the accident to create his song. Gordon Lightfoot performs in concert in Ocean City, New Jersey, on July 18, 2022.

In January 1974, the ship lost its bow anchor near Belle Isle in Detroit. Then, over the course of the next year, it collided with another ship and a lock wall in separate incidents. First, it ran aground in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, in September 1969.

It sailed without incident for more than 11 years before suffering a series of mishaps. The Cleveland-based Oglebay Norton ore mining company, which once employed John D. The name referred to owner Edmund Fitzgerald, the president and chairman of the board of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company. Edmund Fitzgerald in 1957 and early 1958, after which the ship was christened on June 7, 1958, at River Rouge, Michigan.Īccording to the Detroit Historical Society, the Edmund Fitzgerald was the largest ship on the Great Lakes until 1971 it was 729 feet long and weighed 13,632 tons when empty. Shipbuilding company Great Lakes Engineering Works built the S.S. I loved it.Here’s what you need to know about the real S.S. 'Had me turning pages late into the night' Anita Frank As Dylan's behaviour becomes increasingly challenging, Kelda seeks answers in the house's mysterious past. Inexplicable things happen in the house, Kelda cannot shake the feeling of being watched and Dylan is plagued by nightmares, convinced he can see figures in his room. For Kelda it's the perfect rural home for her young son Dylan after a difficult few years.īut when Kelda finds a death mask concealed behind one of the walls, everything changes. That's how the estate agent described the old toll house on the edge of the town. unsettling and gripping' Cari ThomasĪ house with history.

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