Why We Still Remember the Edmund Fitzgerald
On the tenth of November, the inland seas ask us to stop, listen to the wind, and count to twenty-nine.
Every November, the Great Lakes remind us who actually owns these waters. An old freighter captain reflects on late-season runs, the final fifteen miles off Whitefish Point, and why the loss of twenty-nine men still binds our harbor towns together.
Captain Oat
November 10, 2026
9 min