<P> A U.S. Navy Lockheed P - 3 Orion aircraft , piloted by Lt. George Conner and equipped to detect magnetic anomalies usually associated with submarines , found the wreck on November 14 , 1975 . Fitzgerald lay about 15 miles ( 13 nmi ; 24 km ) west of Deadman 's Cove , Ontario , 17 miles ( 15 nmi ; 27 km ) from the entrance to Whitefish Bay to the southeast , in Canadian waters close to the international boundary at a depth of 530 feet ( 160 m ) . A further November 14 -- 16 survey by the USCG using a side scan sonar revealed two large objects lying close together on the lake floor . The U.S. Navy also contracted Seaward , Inc. , to conduct a second survey between November 22 and 25 . </P>
<P> A U.S. Navy Lockheed P - 3 Orion aircraft , piloted by Lt. George Conner and equipped to detect magnetic anomalies usually associated with submarines , found the wreck on November 14 , 1975 . Fitzgerald lay about 15 miles ( 13 nmi ; 24 km ) west of Deadman 's Cove , Ontario , 17 miles ( 15 nmi ; 27 km ) from the entrance to Whitefish Bay to the southeast , in Canadian waters close to the international boundary at a depth of 530 feet ( 160 m ) . A further November 14 -- 16 survey by the USCG using a side scan sonar revealed two large objects lying close together on the lake floor . The U.S. Navy also contracted Seaward , Inc. , to conduct a second survey between November 22 and 25 . </P>
when did they find the wreck of the edmund fitzgerald
when did they find the wreck of the edmund fitzgerald
November 14 , 1975
November 14 , 1975