The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Swanton Public LibrarySwanton
Tue, Nov 10 · 6 PM6 p.m. · end time not confirmed ET
Admission cost is not stated by the library.
Remember the Edmund Fitzgerald on the 51st anniversary of its sinking with Tom Walton, who served aboard the ship during the 1963 shipping season. Walton will share photographs and the story of the Great Lakes freighter at Swanton Public Library. His uncle was among the 29 crew members lost when the ship sank in a Lake Superior storm in 1975. Historical photographs show the ship before its loss, not this library event. The main 1971 photograph by Greenmars was restored by Ubcule and DavidArthur and cropped by Fourthords. It remains licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ . The other photographs are public-domain U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Coast Guard images; their original dates are unknown.
Organized by Swanton Public Library
305 Chestnut Street, Swanton, OH 43558
Get directions6 p.m. · end time not confirmed ET
Tuesday, November 10, 2026 at 6:00 PM. End time is unconfirmed: the event page lists 10:00 PM, while the library’s regular Tuesday hours end at 7:00 PM. Check with the library for the program duration.
Official source · Verified Nov 6, 2026, 7:46 PM ET
Image: Photo: Greenmars, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Restored by Ubcule and DavidArthur; cropped by Fourthords. License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ · Uploader confirms usage rights · Cropped/resized for display.
Thumbnail: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Detroit District, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. · Uploader confirms usage rights