<P> The disaster is one of the best - known in the history of Great Lakes shipping . Gordon Lightfoot made it the subject of his 1976 hit song `` The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald '' after reading an article , `` The Cruelest Month '' , in the November 24 , 1975 , issue of Newsweek . The sinking led to changes in Great Lakes shipping regulations and practices that included mandatory survival suits , depth finders , positioning systems , increased freeboard , and more frequent inspection of vessels . </P>
<P> The disaster is one of the best - known in the history of Great Lakes shipping . Gordon Lightfoot made it the subject of his 1976 hit song `` The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald '' after reading an article , `` The Cruelest Month '' , in the November 24 , 1975 , issue of Newsweek . The sinking led to changes in Great Lakes shipping regulations and practices that included mandatory survival suits , depth finders , positioning systems , increased freeboard , and more frequent inspection of vessels . </P>
song about ship that sank in the great lakes
song about ship that sank in the great lakes
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald ''
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald ''