We visited Whitefish Point in 2005. The 729-foot EDMUND FITZGERALD sank 17 miles northwest of Whitefish Point on November 10, 1975, the seas offshore were reported at a height of 30 feet plus! The bell from the ship was recovered in later years and is/was on display in the museum on site at Whitefish Point. Gordon Lightfoot recorded the song The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.