Great reaction you two!! Welcome to our legendary Canadian singer/songwriter, Gordon Lightfoot (RIP) - he has such a way of painting a story!! He's from Orillia, Ontario - approx. 140km north of Toronto. Not meaning to correct, but Toronto is on Lake Ontario - which is the smallest of the 5 Great Lakes (in terms of area, Lake Erie in terms of volume), Superior (as the name suggests) is the biggest - and by far! The volume of all other 4 Great Lakes can fit in Lake Superior (with enough left over to almost fit another Lake Ontario!) They are considered inland freshwater seas, and can experience intense storms & swells that rival that of hurricanes on oceans! It is thought that is what the Edmund Fitz encountered on that fateful night - swells that approached 10 ft, and wind speeds of ~95 km/h! He expertly memorialized this tragic event. The wreck is known by more than just the local maritime population, thanks to Gord! Cheers from Canada, eh!
Gordon Lightfoot was Canadian. He donated all of the proceeds from this song to a fund for the surviving families sailors in the wreck. After he died last year, the bell rang 30 times, once for each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald and once for Gordon Lightfoot.
I was just a kid when this happened and nearly 50 years later I still cry when I hear this song. Either side of the border, the great lakes are well known for the storms and the danger of these lakes, especially Superior!! When he sings that the lake never gives up her dead, that's true. The lake is so cold that bodies don't float and don't decompose. The site of the wreck is a graveyard and you need special permission from the Canadian government to dive there. Gordon Lightfoot is a Canadian icon who passed away recently. When he died the bell in the song was rang 30 times. 29 times for the crew and once for Gordon. He has a huge catalogue of music and was a favorite singer, songwriter of, and friends with Bob Dylan. Gordon Lightfoot never wrote a bad song, and he led an amazing life, but not always a happy one. He was mourned greatly by all of Canada when he passed. Some other songs you could react to are, Sundown, If you could read my mind, and The Railroad Trilogy. Careful though, too much Gordon Lightfoot and you won't be able to stop listening to him!! 😀🍁
@@DashyAndDadReacts thanks! For something completely different, have you heard of the Tragically Hip? Without another long story.... their last concert was broadcast across the country and watched by I can't remember how many millions 🍁
The Edmund Fitzgerald was lost with all hands. Lake Superior is so cold year round that victims never re-surface. So none of the 29 bodies were recovered. "The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead". Gordon Lightfoot passed away last year and, at the annual memorial service for the Fitzgerald, the bell was rung 30 times. The extra in honor of Gordon Lightfoot.
The Great Lake that you saw at Toronto was Lake Ontario, the smallest of the five lakes. Lake Superior is the largest, with a surface area more than four times that of Lake Ontario. Superior is also the deepest lake by far. Its average depth is 200 feet deeper than that of any other lake, and its maximum depth is more than 400 feet deeper than any other lake. It is also both the northernmost and westernmost lake, and the only one whose water is always, even at the peak of summer, too cold for the bacteria that cause dead bodies to float in water, to survive. So, as the Chippewa Indians realized many centuries ago, Lake Superior "never gives up its dead." The crewmen of the Edmund Fitzgerald still lie on the bottom of the lake, and always will.
When he says the Lake the call gitchi gumie, that is referring to lake superior. It's the language of the Chippewa, the Ojibwa. I believe it means great waters if I remember right.
My dad was cutting timber off the pipeline by Lake Superior that evening. He said he had never seen the lake turn so fast. He was born and raised in Michigans upper peninsula. The water temp on Lake Superior only varies 3-5 degrees. It stays right around 39F degrees. With the sadness of this song and being as morbid as it is, it's strange that the girl reacting is smiling through the entire song. This is a very true story and there is nothing to smile about. Every crew member is still in the ship!
My father worked on the boats as a cook for many years.....including the Fitz.... I've been aboard her a few times myself.... We knew many of the men personally...... Rest in Peace.... Michael Armagost- 37- Third Mate- Iron River, Wisconsin Fred Beetcher- 56- Porter- Superior, Wisconsin Thomas Bentsen- 23- Oiler- St. Joseph, Michigan Edward Bindon -47- First Asst. Engineer- Fairport Harbor, Ohio Thomas Borgeson -41- Maintenance Man- Duluth, Minnesota Oliver Champeau- 41-Third Asst. Engineer- Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin Nolan Church -55 -Porter -Silver Bay, Minnesota Ransom Cundy- 53- Watchman- Superior, Wisconsin Thomas Edwards-50- Second Asst. Engineer- Oregon, Ohio Russell Haskell -40- Second Asst. Engineer- Millbury, Ohio George Holl -60- Chief Engineer- Cabot, Pennsylvania Bruce Hudson- 22- Deck Hand -North Olmsted, Ohio Allen Kalmon -43- Second Cook- Washburn, Wisconsin Gordon MacLellan- 30- Wiper- Clearwater, Florida Joseph Mazes- 59- Special Maintenance Man -Ashland, Wisconsin John McCarthy -62-First Mate -Bay Village, Ohio Ernest McSorley -63 -Captain -Toledo, Ohio Eugene O'Brien- 50- Wheelsman -Toledo, Ohio Karl Peckol -20- Watchman -Ashtabula, Ohio John Poviach -59- Wheelsman- Bradenton, Florida James Pratt -44- Second Mate- Lakewood, Ohio Robert Rafferty -62 -Steward -Toledo, Ohio Paul Riippa -22 -Deck Hand -Ashtabula, Ohio John Simmons -63 -Wheelsman -Ashland, Wisconsin William Spengler -59- Watchman- Toledo, Ohio Mark Thomas -21- Deck Hand- Richmond Heights, Ohio Ralph Walton -58- Oiler- Fremont, Ohio David Weiss -22 -Cadet -Agoura, California Blaine Wilhelm -52- Oiler- Moquah, Wisconsin
Some perspective on why this sinking shocked people so much (loss of life aside). This was 1975, might sound ancient now; but the Fitz was a modern ship in those times. Early primitive global positioning systems existed like LORAN and radio positioning beacons, and the Fitz was equipped to use them. Surface radar was common on large ships. NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) was in operation broadcasting early warning weather reports. Standardized weather alert radio channels were in operation and monitored by commercial ships. Doppler weather radars were being organized and put into use over large areas to do predictive modeling and forecasting, as well as providing warnings and alerts. We had weather satellites in orbit providing real-time data. The bulk haulers had reached enormous sizes, tens of thousands of tones on the water. The general feeling was we had tamed the lakes. Sure, the ocean is still a dangerous place, but the Great Lakes had submitted to man's ingenuity. This kind of tragedy was supposed to be a thing of the past.
He was recording an album and mentioned he was working on this song. He played what he had for his band, who encouraged him to finish it. A few days later, he was back in the studio and told the guys what he wanted them to do. This was the first take. Other Gordon Lightfoot songs to consider: Canadian Railroad Trilogy If You Could Read my Mind Sundown Black Day in July Rainy Day People
To be fair, they don't have any knowledge of what this song is about, to the young girl it probably may as well be ancient history, and they've never heard of Gordon Lightfoot and aren't even sure if he's in a band or if there's an acoustic guitar in there somewhere, they surely don't know what the Great Lakes are or their centuries long history of shipwrecks and dead sailors, so it seems a bit unfair to judge their response to the tunefulness of the production and storytelling nature of the lyrics in the same light as people who already know everything about the story and have listened to the song for decades.
As an FYI moment, Gordon Lightfoot passed away this year at the age of 84, I believe. They rang the church bell at the Maritime Sailors Cathedral in Detroit 30 times to mark his passing.
November 10, 1975, three days from now it will be 49 years ago. I was 14, I prayed every night for them. I was destroyed when the final news broke. This was more than a song to most who were alive back then. It was a tribute and a healing attempt by Gordon. The 29 bells still ring every year, the exception was last year. The 30th bell was for Gordon Lightfoot after he passed. I still get tears.
True story, Gordon Lightfoot love by millions of people and especially in Canada. He gave money to the families of the Crew and Captain of the Edmund Fitzgerald. The man had a very big heart.
The Great Lakes are inland seas, vast beyond most people's expectations. 29 men was indeed all hands lost, and the impact of those 29 lost was huge. The Edmund Fitzgerald was a flagship of the American maritime fleet that worked the Great Lakes. Literal generations of maritime sailors worked on that ship, carrying steel from the mills to the shippers all along the American side. It was one of those situations where sons, fathers, and grandfathers within a family all had history on the Fitz, as it was known. The crews and the steelworkers and the dock workers, etc., across multiple states, all knew each other over years of working together - not to mention the steel companies, the shipping companies, the harbor authorities, and all the local businesses that served the waterfronts and the sailors. Everyone was connected to the Fitz. When the wreck happened, it was like the entire region lost family members. The northern midwest US was left reeling.
Toronto sits on lake Ontario, much smaller than Superior. Superior can have ocean like swells, and is big enough that there are places where you can't see a shore in any direction.
"Does anyone know where the love of God goes When the waves turn the minutes to hours?" Such a great story teller / folk artist. Gordon Lightfoot was one of the best, along with Cat Stevens (who you mentioned), Jim Croce, Joni Michell, Joan Baez, Carole King, ... oh ... I better stop ... I'm opening up a huge list here.
I was around 11 or 12 when this happened, so I remember watching on the local news, such a tragedy. I don't live too far from Lake Superior on the American side it is indeed a huge lake.
Why oh why do you keep smiling at this true story tragedy? 💔💔❣️ I absolutely see no humor for the song which is dedicated to the 29 who died. I was 12 years old when this happened and I still get emotional 51 years later.
I was only 10 years old when the s.s. Edmund Fitzgerald was caught in the very nasty squal type storm in lake superior, I have listened to this song since I was 14, it was a very cruel harsh brutal and horrible 😢 😢😢😢😢 😭😭😭😭😭 😥😥😥😥😥 😓😓😓😓😓, tragic sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald that claimed the lives of all 29 men of the Edmund Fitzgerald's crew, and Gordon Lightfoot was born in Canada 🇨🇦 in 1938 and when he passed away last year he was 83 years old plus he is buried in a Canadian cemetery, rest in peace 🌹 Gordon Lightfoot because we'll meet again one day in heaven forever&beyond I myself loved all of Gordon Lightfoot's music 🎶 and his songs 🎵 😢 but the most beautiful yet popular song that he had done was the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald this song will be with me until the day that I pass away 😢 and this song 🎵 the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald will stand the test of time and will also last way beyond eternity infinity and beyond this is just how well this song is loved and every November 10th this song brings comfort and peace to the surviving members of the crew members of the Edmund Fitzgerald in knowing that thier loved ones will always be remembered and they will never be forgotten, I sincerely appreciate and hope that the song titled the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald will forever and beyond bring peace to the surviving members of the Edmund Fitzgerald's crew knowing that they will always be treasured by everyone who heard the story of the very sad 😔 😟 🙁 😥 😞 😿 😔 😟 🙁 😥 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭, tragic song that will keep the memories of the Edmund Fitzgerald's crew alive today and for generations to come and forever and beyond, the crew members of the Edmund Fitzgerald when they lost their lives in November of 1975 were doing what they alway's done best keeping both America 🇺🇸 and Canada 🇨🇦 going and I will always say that these 29 crew members of the Edmund Fitzgerald were and will always be hero's to me and everyone else they knew that in November thier were and will always be strong storms not only in lake superior but the other four great lakes as well, but they kept right on going knowing that they had families to take care of and the kids that they had to raise but yes they kept right on going because they loved the job's that they were doing and they not only loved their own families but they loved their communities that they were born and raised in as well, and to the family's of the Edmund Fitzgerald's crew members, as christ has always said this, may God bless them the Fitzgerald's crew and keep them may he make his face to shine upon them and may he be gracious unto them may he lift his countenance upon them and give them peace now and forevermore, amen.
My son is a mayor, merchant Marine, a.k.a. Maritime sailor. This song brings chills 2 my soul. He loves absolutely ❤what he does & I have no doubt he would go down with his ship if need be, but he would be fighting all the way 2 set it’s course right, or do what ever he could 2 save everyone he could in this situation.🙏U would want him on your 🚢!
Just what, exactly, is this young woman smiling/laughing about? Is she paying any attention to this song/it's lyrics, or is she just so excited to be on a video she can't contain herself? Appalling.
Gordon, a Canadian singer-songwriter, was what you referred to as a "standalone". He had backup, but he was the only one singing. He always played acoustic guitar, never electric. His backup people played electric instruments, though. His music was always amazing. May he rest in peace. He had a long life, but was still a tremendous loss to the music world.
Hey guys, I'm 16 and I love this. The collaboration is wonderful and you both seem to love reacting to this song. I literally did not know about this until I heard this song last year when Gordon Lightfoot passed away. He was Canadian. I have subscribed and would love to come back and make a suggestion or two.
I was wondering the same thing. I'm not sure she is old enough to grasp the story- she is probably just reacting to the music. I agree that it is disconcerting to watch.
@@michaelmccurdy2467 Some people interpret things differently and Dashy is 26 she knows what's going on , however it's in her best interests to focus on the music
Why on earth does the does the blue-- haired-- girl smile and laugh all through this TRUE tragic story !?? I simply cannot understand this response at Any Age!
@@DianneBennett-iu9jd Hi dad here to be honest being from England we have never come across This Tragic event until now no disrespect to the 29 people who lost their lives is meant at all The song is brilliantly performed and written by Gordon and extremely moving ❤️
The Edmund Fitzgerald was lost November 10, 1975. I remember it quite clearly being reported on Canadian news as I was 14 at the time. I am from the province of New Brunswick in Atlantic Canada. No matter what your musical tastes are, if you’re from this country you probably like Gordon Lightfoot….a true Canadian treasure.
Another great Lightfoot ballad is the "Canadian Railroad Trilogy". The CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) commissioned Gordon to compose a song to commemorate Canada's 100th birthday in 1967. This is what he came up with: ua-cam.com/video/9O_qxJAmW4c/v-deo.htmlsi=ljj8k9KPXhZtXEBRq
Look, i love that you are enjoying the song. The music is haunting and beautiful. The lyrics are as tragic and haunting. Don't let antone take your joy of the music. I am from around the greag lakes and get why some are salty. The Great Lakes are inland seas. They are impressive, i have seen all 5 at one time or another. Superior is the largest and is 11% of the frwah water in the world. Liked your reacts. Keep it up. Cheers
The area of the Great Lakes is equal to the area of the entire United Kingdom. It is the largest set of interconnected fresh water lakes in the world with a fifth of the all the surface fresh water in the world by volume. The border between the United States and Canada runs through the center of each of the lakes. The Great Lakes region has a distinct culture, and the late, great Mr. Gordon Lightfoot did an amazing job capturing the essence of this culture in this song. Upon his death, they chimed the bell 30 times for each of the 29 sailors who perished on the Edmund Fitzgerald, and one more for Mr. Lightfoot.
So, am I missing something funny here...... If you are listening to and reading the lyrics you can understand what this song is about.....or can you...
Love your reactions. Check out Gordon Lightfoot's great song "SUNDOWN" There is an augmented chord played on the acoustic 12 string that gives it a unique sound.
@@DashyAndDadReacts Well, then she needs to act like an adult and not disrespect the memory of those who died by smiling like a fool during the parts of the lyrics/song that specifically refer to those lost. We all love the music, but we have the smarts/common sense not to stare directly into a camera with a big goofy smile when the song mentions the 29 tolls of the bell, or the cook saying its been good to know them, among other parts. If she/you cannot understand that, then there is no hope for you.
Glad you liked the song but It's a little weird to smile so much when the church bell chimes 29 times for each man on the wreck who died. You were still smiling on the line, "the only thing left is the faces and names of the wives and the sons and the daughters". I've never seen that reaction before. Glad your dad is interested and going to look it up. Gordon Lightfoot was a Canadian Treasure and the church bell rang 30 times to honor him (RIP) for the song and probably for the fact he donated some of the proceeds of the song to the children for scholarships. He went every year a day before the service of remembrance for the men to pray for them. He didn't want his stardom to take from the service. The reason he wrote the song was because he felt it wasn't given enough attention by the news papers when it happened. One of them even spelled the ship's name wrong. He felt they deserved more so he wrote the song and got permission from the families to release it. Another ship that was part of that story was the SS Arthur M. Anderson. They tried to help guide the Fitzgerald to Whitefish Bay for cover because both of the Fitzgerald's radar systems had been knocked out. They lost the lights and communications with the ship and headed into port alone but the Canadian Coast Guard asked them to go out because they hadn't made it in and look for survivors. At first the captain said "no" the conditions were so bad they had barely made it in and that he had a duty to his men, but then he asked the crew what they thought and to a man they wanted to go out into the storm to try to find survivors. As they set sail the captain said, "God help us". All that was ever found of the Edmund Fitzgerald was a piece of wreckage from a life boat.
THANKS !!!!! You just have to check out TARJA'S song SPIRITS OF THE SEA released 2019. Eerie haunting sad song about the loss of the Argentian submarine SANTA FE with all hands . OMG chills just thinking about it ☮☮💘💘
she laughs, as do I in the face of adversity. I dunno why I do 'cept fer my never give up personality? might as well smile and deal with it? still dunno. but good to see someone else smile while grieving. still dunno why.
I have to admit that I don't believe that she's paying any attention to the lyrics at all. If she is she has a sick mind to be smiling especially when the line about the chef saying It's been good to know you. This puts me off on this reaction.
This was an excellent request. A great song, and an excellent reaction. Gordon Lightfoot was a great Canadian singer/songwriter with several huge hits in the 70's. There are 5 Great Lakes, which are effectively a freshwater inland sea. They are salt free and contain 21% of the Earth's fresh water. Toronto is adjacent to Lake Ontario. Superior is the largest, the most northerly and the farthest west, adjacent to Minnesota, Wisconsin, and the upper peninsula of Michigan, followed by Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. The lakes are shared by the US and Canada , except for Lake Michigan, which is entirely in the US (and which is adjacent to Chicago). The Chippewa are a Native American and Canadian tribe who live (and lived) in the region. Their word for Lake Superior is Gitchee Gumee, which translates literally as, "great lake". (Incidentally, the name Chicago is from a native word that means "wild onion field".) Lake Superior got its name from French explorers who called it, "le lac superieur", meaning, "the uppermost lake", since it is the most northern lake.
They are not just Canadian lakes. They are international between the United States and Canada. As a Child My parents had big Cabin Cruiser and we boated the Great Lakes and moored it in Detroit. They are called the Saint Lorence Sea Way. The Great Lakes are accessible from the Atlantic through a long series of locks you into Lake Ontario then further West, locking into Lake Erie. From there Three Hundred miles to the west to into the Detroit River Channel to head north which leads to the Northern Lakes. After navigating the Detroit River you enter an intermediate Lake, called Lake Saint Clare, heading oNorth East. Next navigating North through the Saint Clare River into Lake Huron. much further North lies Lake Superior and the Straits Of Mackinac leading to Lake Michigan. We boated these Lakes for Thirteen summer seasons, they are enormous and beautiful. They can also be very dangerous. Storms come out of no where.
Great reaction you two!! Welcome to our legendary Canadian singer/songwriter, Gordon Lightfoot (RIP) - he has such a way of painting a story!! He's from Orillia, Ontario - approx. 140km north of Toronto.
Not meaning to correct, but Toronto is on Lake Ontario - which is the smallest of the 5 Great Lakes (in terms of area, Lake Erie in terms of volume), Superior (as the name suggests) is the biggest - and by far! The volume of all other 4 Great Lakes can fit in Lake Superior (with enough left over to almost fit another Lake Ontario!) They are considered inland freshwater seas, and can experience intense storms & swells that rival that of hurricanes on oceans! It is thought that is what the Edmund Fitz encountered on that fateful night - swells that approached 10 ft, and wind speeds of ~95 km/h!
He expertly memorialized this tragic event. The wreck is known by more than just the local maritime population, thanks to Gord! Cheers from Canada, eh!
Thankies so much! 🥰🤘🥰
Gordon Lightfoot was Canadian. He donated all of the proceeds from this song to a fund for the surviving families sailors in the wreck. After he died last year, the bell rang 30 times, once for each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald and once for Gordon Lightfoot.
Thankies for the info 🥰🤗
Folks don't realize how big the Great Lakes are. They are essentially inland oceans with storms as violent as the North Atlantic.
Wowza amazing 🤩
Rest in Peace Mr Gordon Lightfoot. Love you and miss you so much. ❤
Condolences 💐
I was just a kid when this happened and nearly 50 years later I still cry when I hear this song. Either side of the border, the great lakes are well known for the storms and the danger of these lakes, especially Superior!! When he sings that the lake never gives up her dead, that's true. The lake is so cold that bodies don't float and don't decompose. The site of the wreck is a graveyard and you need special permission from the Canadian government to dive there. Gordon Lightfoot is a Canadian icon who passed away recently. When he died the bell in the song was rang 30 times. 29 times for the crew and once for Gordon. He has a huge catalogue of music and was a favorite singer, songwriter of, and friends with Bob Dylan. Gordon Lightfoot never wrote a bad song, and he led an amazing life, but not always a happy one. He was mourned greatly by all of Canada when he passed. Some other songs you could react to are, Sundown, If you could read my mind, and The Railroad Trilogy. Careful though, too much Gordon Lightfoot and you won't be able to stop listening to him!! 😀🍁
Thankies for your story and comment 🥰🤩
@@DashyAndDadReacts thanks! For something completely different, have you heard of the Tragically Hip? Without another long story.... their last concert was broadcast across the country and watched by I can't remember how many millions 🍁
The bell that rang upon his passing was the actual ship's bell
The Edmund Fitzgerald was lost with all hands. Lake Superior is so cold year round that victims never re-surface.
So none of the 29 bodies were recovered.
"The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead".
Gordon Lightfoot passed away last year and, at the annual memorial service for the Fitzgerald, the bell was rung 30 times. The extra in honor of Gordon Lightfoot.
Thankies for the info 🤗🥰
See rainy day people. He was Canadian, he checked with the families and got the song right. After he died he was added to the 29 bellls, he's no. 30.
Aww 🥰
The Great Lake that you saw at Toronto was Lake Ontario, the smallest of the five lakes. Lake Superior is the largest, with a surface area more than four times that of Lake Ontario. Superior is also the deepest lake by far. Its average depth is 200 feet deeper than that of any other lake, and its maximum depth is more than 400 feet deeper than any other lake. It is also both the northernmost and westernmost lake, and the only one whose water is always, even at the peak of summer, too cold for the bacteria that cause dead bodies to float in water, to survive. So, as the Chippewa Indians realized many centuries ago, Lake Superior "never gives up its dead." The crewmen of the Edmund Fitzgerald still lie on the bottom of the lake, and always will.
Thankies for the info 🥰🙌🥰
When he says the Lake the call gitchi gumie, that is referring to lake superior. It's the language of the Chippewa, the Ojibwa. I believe it means great waters if I remember right.
Actually, the action of the waves and the nibbling of the sea creatures will break down the bodies over time.
What the hell are you smiling at honey? It's a story of death.
The music 🤘
They ring the church bells 29 times on the anniversary of the wreck. This year they rang it 30 times, once for Gordon Lightfoot.
bless
Gordon Lightfoot donated all money made from the song to a fund for the families; he never took a cent.
Gordon Lightfoot was born in Orillia Canada in November 17, 1938 and he died on May 1, 2023 in Toronto Canada at age 83.
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My dad was cutting timber off the pipeline by Lake Superior that evening. He said he had never seen the lake turn so fast. He was born and raised in Michigans upper peninsula. The water temp on Lake Superior only varies 3-5 degrees. It stays right around 39F degrees. With the sadness of this song and being as morbid as it is, it's strange that the girl reacting is smiling through the entire song. This is a very true story and there is nothing to smile about. Every crew member is still in the ship!
Aww bless 🥰 enjoying the music 🎶
She can't possibly understand the meaning of the words unless she just that vapid.
Makes my eyes water Everytime. All were lost.
Condolences 💐 😿
My father worked on the boats as a cook for many years.....including the Fitz....
I've been aboard her a few times myself....
We knew many of the men personally......
Rest in Peace....
Michael Armagost- 37- Third Mate- Iron River, Wisconsin
Fred Beetcher- 56- Porter- Superior, Wisconsin
Thomas Bentsen- 23- Oiler- St. Joseph, Michigan
Edward Bindon -47- First Asst. Engineer- Fairport Harbor, Ohio
Thomas Borgeson -41- Maintenance Man- Duluth, Minnesota
Oliver Champeau- 41-Third Asst. Engineer- Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Nolan Church -55 -Porter -Silver Bay, Minnesota
Ransom Cundy- 53- Watchman- Superior, Wisconsin
Thomas Edwards-50- Second Asst. Engineer- Oregon, Ohio
Russell Haskell -40- Second Asst. Engineer- Millbury, Ohio
George Holl -60- Chief Engineer- Cabot, Pennsylvania
Bruce Hudson- 22- Deck Hand -North Olmsted, Ohio
Allen Kalmon -43- Second Cook- Washburn, Wisconsin
Gordon MacLellan- 30- Wiper- Clearwater, Florida
Joseph Mazes- 59- Special Maintenance Man -Ashland, Wisconsin
John McCarthy -62-First Mate -Bay Village, Ohio
Ernest McSorley -63 -Captain -Toledo, Ohio
Eugene O'Brien- 50- Wheelsman -Toledo, Ohio
Karl Peckol -20- Watchman -Ashtabula, Ohio
John Poviach -59- Wheelsman- Bradenton, Florida
James Pratt -44- Second Mate- Lakewood, Ohio
Robert Rafferty -62 -Steward -Toledo, Ohio
Paul Riippa -22 -Deck Hand -Ashtabula, Ohio
John Simmons -63 -Wheelsman -Ashland, Wisconsin
William Spengler -59- Watchman- Toledo, Ohio
Mark Thomas -21- Deck Hand- Richmond Heights, Ohio
Ralph Walton -58- Oiler- Fremont, Ohio
David Weiss -22 -Cadet -Agoura, California
Blaine Wilhelm -52- Oiler- Moquah, Wisconsin
Thankies for the info 😻🤗
You are right. The great lakes are basically freshwater inland seas.
Thankies
Gordon was a master story teller! RIP!
Aww 🥰
Some perspective on why this sinking shocked people so much (loss of life aside). This was 1975, might sound ancient now; but the Fitz was a modern ship in those times. Early primitive global positioning systems existed like LORAN and radio positioning beacons, and the Fitz was equipped to use them. Surface radar was common on large ships. NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) was in operation broadcasting early warning weather reports. Standardized weather alert radio channels were in operation and monitored by commercial ships. Doppler weather radars were being organized and put into use over large areas to do predictive modeling and forecasting, as well as providing warnings and alerts. We had weather satellites in orbit providing real-time data. The bulk haulers had reached enormous sizes, tens of thousands of tones on the water. The general feeling was we had tamed the lakes. Sure, the ocean is still a dangerous place, but the Great Lakes had submitted to man's ingenuity. This kind of tragedy was supposed to be a thing of the past.
Thankies for your comment 🤗 🥰
He was recording an album and mentioned he was working on this song. He played what he had for his band, who encouraged him to finish it. A few days later, he was back in the studio and told the guys what he wanted them to do. This was the first take.
Other Gordon Lightfoot songs to consider:
Canadian Railroad Trilogy
If You Could Read my Mind
Sundown
Black Day in July
Rainy Day People
Awesome Thankies for the info 🥰🤘
The "Great Lakes" account for 21% of the Earth's surface fresh water !
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In the hundreds of reactions I've watched to this incredible anthem, I've never seen anyone smile throughout hearing the lyrics... until now.
The Lyrics are beautiful
I was thinking the same thing
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. Plus a thumbs up flashed. This was a tragc and true story. Definitely nothing to smile about.
@@kenthurman2796Only people who have never lost people in tragic and maybe unavoidable circumstances can smile and giggle through this song.
To be fair, they don't have any knowledge of what this song is about, to the young girl it probably may as well be ancient history, and they've never heard of Gordon Lightfoot and aren't even sure if he's in a band or if there's an acoustic guitar in there somewhere, they surely don't know what the Great Lakes are or their centuries long history of shipwrecks and dead sailors, so it seems a bit unfair to judge their response to the tunefulness of the production and storytelling nature of the lyrics in the same light as people who already know everything about the story and have listened to the song for decades.
As an FYI moment, Gordon Lightfoot passed away this year at the age of 84, I believe. They rang the church bell at the Maritime Sailors Cathedral in Detroit 30 times to mark his passing.
Condolences 💐
November 10, 1975, three days from now it will be 49 years ago. I was 14, I prayed every night for them. I was destroyed when the final news broke. This was more than a song to most who were alive back then. It was a tribute and a healing attempt by Gordon. The 29 bells still ring every year, the exception was last year. The 30th bell was for Gordon Lightfoot after he passed. I still get tears.
Aww 🥰 bless 💙💙💙
True story, Gordon Lightfoot love by millions of people and especially in Canada. He gave money to the families of the Crew and Captain of the Edmund Fitzgerald. The man had a very big heart.
Aww amazing 🤩
I was a young teenager when this happened, it was so sad. Lake Superior is so cold, the crew can never be recovered 😔,
Aww bless 😻🥰
Not really appropriate to smile all the way through a song recounting the horrific deaths of 29 people.
Amazing song 🎧 🤘
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Not appropriate at all
You said it was tragic she looked like it was a vomedy
🙏29 souls🙏 and 1 more with Gordon😪.
The Great Lakes are inland seas, vast beyond most people's expectations.
29 men was indeed all hands lost, and the impact of those 29 lost was huge. The Edmund Fitzgerald was a flagship of the American maritime fleet that worked the Great Lakes. Literal generations of maritime sailors worked on that ship, carrying steel from the mills to the shippers all along the American side. It was one of those situations where sons, fathers, and grandfathers within a family all had history on the Fitz, as it was known. The crews and the steelworkers and the dock workers, etc., across multiple states, all knew each other over years of working together - not to mention the steel companies, the shipping companies, the harbor authorities, and all the local businesses that served the waterfronts and the sailors. Everyone was connected to the Fitz. When the wreck happened, it was like the entire region lost family members. The northern midwest US was left reeling.
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I remember the sinking as if it was yesterday. A friend’s father worked on a Great Lakes ship, so it hit a bit close to home.
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Toronto sits on lake Ontario, much smaller than Superior. Superior can have ocean like swells, and is big enough that there are places where you can't see a shore in any direction.
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Great review guys! Keep up the awesome vids! Thanks!
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"Does anyone know where the love of God goes
When the waves turn the minutes to hours?"
Such a great story teller / folk artist. Gordon Lightfoot was one of the best, along with Cat Stevens (who you mentioned), Jim Croce, Joni Michell, Joan Baez, Carole King, ... oh ... I better stop ... I'm opening up a huge list here.
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A friend of mine from college lost her mother, who had the habit of kayaking on Lake Superior. One day she met a squall on the lake and was drowned.
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I was around 11 or 12 when this happened, so I remember watching on the local news, such a tragedy.
I don't live too far from Lake Superior on the American side it is indeed a huge lake.
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HOMES, how to remember the names of the Great Lakes. Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior. If they were salt water, they would be called seas.
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Это лучшая баллада про море. Моряки погибли, но остались в памяти из-за этой песни. Спасибо, что прослушали её.❤
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Why oh why do you keep smiling at this true story tragedy? 💔💔❣️
I absolutely see no humor for the song which is dedicated to the 29 who died.
I was 12 years old when this happened and I still get emotional 51 years later.
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I think she might be a little touched in the head
I was only 10 years old when the s.s. Edmund Fitzgerald was caught in the very nasty squal type storm in lake superior, I have listened to this song since I was 14, it was a very cruel harsh brutal and horrible 😢 😢😢😢😢 😭😭😭😭😭 😥😥😥😥😥 😓😓😓😓😓, tragic sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald that claimed the lives of all 29 men of the Edmund Fitzgerald's crew, and Gordon Lightfoot was born in Canada 🇨🇦 in 1938 and when he passed away last year he was 83 years old plus he is buried in a Canadian cemetery, rest in peace 🌹 Gordon Lightfoot because we'll meet again one day in heaven forever&beyond I myself loved all of Gordon Lightfoot's music 🎶 and his songs 🎵 😢 but the most beautiful yet popular song that he had done was the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald this song will be with me until the day that I pass away 😢 and this song 🎵 the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald will stand the test of time and will also last way beyond eternity infinity and beyond this is just how well this song is loved and every November 10th this song brings comfort and peace to the surviving members of the crew members of the Edmund Fitzgerald in knowing that thier loved ones will always be remembered and they will never be forgotten, I sincerely appreciate and hope that the song titled the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald will forever and beyond bring peace to the surviving members of the Edmund Fitzgerald's crew knowing that they will always be treasured by everyone who heard the story of the very sad 😔 😟 🙁 😥 😞 😿 😔 😟 🙁 😥 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭, tragic song that will keep the memories of the Edmund Fitzgerald's crew alive today and for generations to come and forever and beyond, the crew members of the Edmund Fitzgerald when they lost their lives in November of 1975 were doing what they alway's done best keeping both America 🇺🇸 and Canada 🇨🇦 going and I will always say that these 29 crew members of the Edmund Fitzgerald were and will always be hero's to me and everyone else they knew that in November thier were and will always be strong storms not only in lake superior but the other four great lakes as well, but they kept right on going knowing that they had families to take care of and the kids that they had to raise but yes they kept right on going because they loved the job's that they were doing and they not only loved their own families but they loved their communities that they were born and raised in as well, and to the family's of the Edmund Fitzgerald's crew members, as christ has always said this, may God bless them the Fitzgerald's crew and keep them may he make his face to shine upon them and may he be gracious unto them may he lift his countenance upon them and give them peace now and forevermore, amen.
Why is she smiling,
Strange affect.
This song is so Haunting and sad.
Beautiful music 🎶
In the 1970s this came out, it inspired me to enlist in the U.S. Coast Guard.
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My son is a mayor, merchant Marine, a.k.a. Maritime sailor. This song brings chills 2 my soul. He loves absolutely ❤what he does & I have no doubt he would go down with his ship if need be, but he would be fighting all the way 2 set it’s course right, or do what ever he could 2 save everyone he could in this situation.🙏U would want him on your 🚢!
💐 thank you for sharing your story! Amazing 🤩
You can sink most of the British Isles in the Great Lakes
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Just what, exactly, is this young woman smiling/laughing about?
Is she paying any attention to this song/it's lyrics, or is she just so excited to be on a video she can't contain herself?
Appalling.
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Beautiful song
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Toronto is on Lake Ontario. It's the smallest and easternmost of the Great Lakes.
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Gordon, a Canadian singer-songwriter, was what you referred to as a "standalone". He had backup, but he was the only one singing. He always played acoustic guitar, never electric. His backup people played electric instruments, though. His music was always amazing. May he rest in peace. He had a long life, but was still a tremendous loss to the music world.
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Sung as a sea shanty. Rhythmic and the tone.
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Toronto is on Lake Ontario, not Superior.
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sundown, and, if you could read my mind are 2 more great songs by him
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Hey guys, I'm 16 and I love this. The collaboration is wonderful and you both seem to love reacting to this song. I literally did not know about this until I heard this song last year when Gordon Lightfoot passed away. He was Canadian. I have subscribed and would love to come back and make a suggestion or two.
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it's american and canadian lakes.
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Musical Poetry.
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Why the heck is she smiling through the whole thing. This is a tragedy where 29 men lost their lives.
Because the Music is so moving and good
I was wondering the same thing. I'm not sure she is old enough to grasp the story- she is probably just reacting to the music. I agree that it is disconcerting to watch.
@@michaelmccurdy2467 Some people interpret things differently and Dashy is 26 she knows what's going on , however it's in her best interests to focus on the music
@@DashyAndDadReacts I understand, thanks
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Gord made me want to learn to play guitar and sing again. Can´t wait to see your reactions
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Why on earth does the does the blue-- haired-- girl smile and laugh all through this TRUE tragic story !?? I simply cannot understand this response at Any Age!
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@@DianneBennett-iu9jd Hi dad here to be honest being from England we have never come across
This Tragic event until now no disrespect to the 29 people who lost their lives is meant at all
The song is brilliantly performed and written by Gordon and extremely moving ❤️
The Edmund Fitzgerald was lost November 10, 1975. I remember it quite clearly being reported on Canadian news as I was 14 at the time. I am from the province of New Brunswick in Atlantic Canada. No matter what your musical tastes are, if you’re from this country you probably like Gordon Lightfoot….a true Canadian treasure.
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On a happier note.. Harry Nilsson "Jump into the fire" If you love a great bass line this is for you.
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Toronto is on Lake Ontario... Lake Superior is the largest fresh water lake in the world, holding 11% of all of the fresh water in the world...
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Another great Lightfoot ballad is the "Canadian Railroad Trilogy". The CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) commissioned Gordon to compose a song to commemorate Canada's 100th birthday in 1967. This is what he came up with:
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Toronto is on Ontairo. Ontairo is the smallest at 7,340 (11812 km) square miles and Superior at 31,700 (51016 km).
I remember that nigth well.
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Good reaction guys 😊
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Lake Superior has a surface area of 82,100 km2 which makes it larger than all of Scotland.
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A modern hit song in the style if an old sea shanty. Extraordinary.
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Toronto sits on Lake Ontario, which is the smallest of the Great Lakes. Lake Superior is the largest Great Lake.
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Look, i love that you are enjoying the song. The music is haunting and beautiful. The lyrics are as tragic and haunting. Don't let antone take your joy of the music. I am from around the greag lakes and get why some are salty.
The Great Lakes are inland seas. They are impressive, i have seen all 5 at one time or another. Superior is the largest and is 11% of the frwah water in the world.
Liked your reacts. Keep it up. Cheers
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New to the podcast.Glad you that enjoyed the song.He has songs you two might also want to hear
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Toronto is on Lake Ontario, Lake Superior is much further north and is really an inland sea.
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The area of the Great Lakes is equal to the area of the entire United Kingdom. It is the largest set of interconnected fresh water lakes in the world with a fifth of the all the surface fresh water in the world by volume. The border between the United States and Canada runs through the center of each of the lakes. The Great Lakes region has a distinct culture, and the late, great Mr. Gordon Lightfoot did an amazing job capturing the essence of this culture in this song. Upon his death, they chimed the bell 30 times for each of the 29 sailors who perished on the Edmund Fitzgerald, and one more for Mr. Lightfoot.
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Great song
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So, am I missing something funny here...... If you are listening to and reading the lyrics you can understand what this song is about.....or can you...
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A Sea is salt water. So technically bodies of water like the Caspian Sea are massive lakes. Lake Superior is top 3 in size for a freshwater lake.
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Love your reactions. Check out Gordon Lightfoot's great song "SUNDOWN" There is an augmented chord played on the acoustic 12 string that gives it a unique sound.
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You two are so clueless to this tribute song. You must be british
We are British 🇬🇧 🤘 whoop 🙌
Dashy smiles at the exact wrong times, pay attention to the story being told, it is nothing to be smiling about kid.
She’s not a kid , she’s an adult 🤗🥰 and she’s smiling at the beautiful music 🎶 and what the message portrays . we feel emotions differently cx
@@DashyAndDadReacts Well, then she needs to act like an adult and not disrespect the memory of those who died by smiling like a fool during the parts of the lyrics/song that specifically refer to those lost. We all love the music, but we have the smarts/common sense not to stare directly into a camera with a big goofy smile when the song mentions the 29 tolls of the bell, or the cook saying its been good to know them, among other parts. If she/you cannot understand that, then there is no hope for you.
@@heathen-heartI totally agree with you, this is a bad reaction to a tragic event.
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There is a 12 string acoustic guitar.
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sorry that's lake Ontario outside Toronto lake superior is way bigger than lake Ontario
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The combined surface area of the five US-Canada Great Lakes slightly exceeds that of the entire UK. An inland sea.
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@@DashyAndDadReacts not to mention 20% of the fresh water on planet Earth.
A devastating song, wish there was the same for the Arizona.
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Glad you liked the song but It's a little weird to smile so much when the church bell chimes 29 times for each man on the wreck who died. You were still smiling on the line, "the only thing left is the faces and names of the wives and the sons and the daughters". I've never seen that reaction before. Glad your dad is interested and going to look it up. Gordon Lightfoot was a Canadian Treasure and the church bell rang 30 times to honor him (RIP) for the song and probably for the fact he donated some of the proceeds of the song to the children for scholarships. He went every year a day before the service of remembrance for the men to pray for them. He didn't want his stardom to take from the service. The reason he wrote the song was because he felt it wasn't given enough attention by the news papers when it happened. One of them even spelled the ship's name wrong. He felt they deserved more so he wrote the song and got permission from the families to release it. Another ship that was part of that story was the SS Arthur M. Anderson. They tried to help guide the Fitzgerald to Whitefish Bay for cover because both of the Fitzgerald's radar systems had been knocked out. They lost the lights and communications with the ship and headed into port alone but the Canadian Coast Guard asked them to go out because they hadn't made it in and look for survivors. At first the captain said "no" the conditions were so bad they had barely made it in and that he had a duty to his men, but then he asked the crew what they thought and to a man they wanted to go out into the storm to try to find survivors. As they set sail the captain said, "God help us". All that was ever found of the Edmund Fitzgerald was a piece of wreckage from a life boat.
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THANKS !!!!! You just have to check out TARJA'S song SPIRITS OF THE SEA released 2019. Eerie haunting sad song about the loss of the Argentian submarine SANTA FE with all hands . OMG chills just thinking about it ☮☮💘💘
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It is a true story
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she laughs, as do I in the face of adversity. I dunno why I do 'cept fer my never give up personality? might as well smile and deal with it? still dunno. but good to see someone else smile while grieving. still dunno why.
The music is so good! You can’t help but smile cx
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I have to admit that I don't believe that she's paying any attention to the lyrics at all. If she is she has a sick mind to be smiling especially when the line about the chef saying It's been good to know you. This puts me off on this reaction.
She is Listening , just enjoying the music :))
Exactly the music, but not the lyrics.
@@DashyAndDadReacts clueless and lacking any common sense.
This was an excellent request. A great song, and an excellent reaction. Gordon Lightfoot was a great Canadian singer/songwriter with several huge hits in the 70's. There are 5 Great Lakes, which are effectively a freshwater inland sea. They are salt free and contain 21% of the Earth's fresh water. Toronto is adjacent to Lake Ontario. Superior is the largest, the most northerly and the farthest west, adjacent to Minnesota, Wisconsin, and the upper peninsula of Michigan, followed by Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. The lakes are shared by the US and Canada , except for Lake Michigan, which is entirely in the US (and which is adjacent to Chicago). The Chippewa are a Native American and Canadian tribe who live (and lived) in the region. Their word for Lake Superior is Gitchee Gumee, which translates literally as, "great lake". (Incidentally, the name Chicago is from a native word that means "wild onion field".) Lake Superior got its name from French explorers who called it, "le lac superieur", meaning, "the uppermost lake", since it is the most northern lake.
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I fail to understand the smiles young lady - do you understand the story being told (true story) and loss of 29 lives?
Indeed, smiling at the powerful music 🎶
Does the girl find this funny???
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They are not just Canadian lakes. They are international between the United States and Canada. As a Child My parents had big Cabin Cruiser and we boated the Great Lakes and moored it in Detroit. They are called the Saint Lorence Sea Way. The Great Lakes are accessible from the Atlantic through a long series of locks you into Lake Ontario then further West, locking into Lake Erie. From there Three Hundred miles to the west to into the Detroit River Channel to head north which leads to the Northern Lakes. After navigating the Detroit River you enter an intermediate Lake, called Lake Saint Clare, heading oNorth East. Next navigating North through the Saint Clare River into Lake Huron. much further North lies Lake Superior and the Straits Of Mackinac leading to Lake Michigan. We boated these Lakes for Thirteen summer seasons, they are enormous and beautiful. They can also be very dangerous. Storms come out of no where.
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