By Rosalind Russell – Swimmers can complete the Edmund Fitzgerald’s journey to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the shipwreck.
Organizer Jim Dreyer, who has swam across all five Great Lakes says next year, open water swimmers will have the chance to participate in the 17-stage, 411-mile relay swim from Lake Superior to Detroit to commemorate the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
He says up to 68 swimmers will be selected for the marathon set for July 26, 2025 with participants featured in a documentary film.
The swim will start in Lake Superior from above the wreck (at Whitefish Point on the Canadian side) and finish at Belle Isle Beach with pledges going towards the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society to help preserve the Whitefish Point light station.
Registration is now open.
The 729-foot ship was heading to Detroit in 1975, carrying more than 26,000 long tons of iron ore when it went down during a Lake Superior Storm on November 10th with all 29 crew members aboard.
For more information and/or to register, visit: edmundfitzgeraldswim.org
Photos provided by Jim Dreyer
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