After the wreck was discovered, researchers began re-examining how Great Lakes storms behave differently than ocean storms. Lake Superior’s unique wave patterns—short, steep, and closely spaced—are now studied as a distinct hazard capable of stressing hulls in ways designers hadn’t accounted for. The Edmund Fitzgerald became a case study in how inland waters can produce conditions severe enough to challenge modern engineering, permanently changing how ships are built, monitored, and routed on th

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Remembering Edmund Fitzgerald

100-year-old shipwreck discovered in Lake Superior