Next summer, to commemorate the 50th year since that tragic sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, open water swimmers will have the opportunity to participate in a 17-stage, 411-mile relay swim from Lake Superior to Detroit. 17 teams of 4 relay swimmers will symbolically complete the Fitzgerald’s intended route, with each swimmer having taconite pellets on their body to represent a small part of the cargo the Fitzgerald was hauling. Proceeds from the event will go to the historical society to preserve the Whitefish Point light station.
