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.
LAKE SUPERIOR CHARTER FISHING GUIDE
Captain Steve Johnson
PO Box 161503
Duluth, MN 55806
1-218-341-3672
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