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==Shipwrecks==

==Shipwrecks==

The last major [[shipwreck]] on Lake Superior was that of [[SS Edmund Fitzgerald|SS ''Edmund Fitzgerald'']] in 1975.

The last major [[shipwreck]] on Lake Superior was that of the [[Edmund Fitzgerald|SS ''Edmund Fitzgerald'']] in 1975, made famous by Gordon Lightfoot's song [[The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald]] the following year.

According to legend, Lake Superior never gives up her dead. This is because of the low temperature of the water. Normally [[bacteria]] feeding off a sunken decaying body will generate gas inside the body, causing it to float to the surface after a few days. The water in Lake Superior, however, is cold enough year-round to inhibit bacterial growth, meaning bodies tend to sink and never surface.

According to legend, Lake Superior never gives up her dead. This is because of the low temperature of the water. Normally [[bacteria]] feeding off a sunken decaying body will generate gas inside the body, causing it to float to the surface after a few days. The water in Lake Superior, however, is cold enough year-round to inhibit bacterial growth, meaning bodies tend to sink and never surface.