Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck

E1039940

maritime disaster site shipwreck underwater cultural heritage site

The Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck is the remains of a famous American Great Lakes freighter that sank in a 1975 storm on Lake Superior, becoming one of the region’s most legendary maritime disasters.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck canonical	1
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald	1
Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13410360 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck
Context triple: [Great Lakes shipwrecks, hasPart, Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck]

A. shipwreck of the Tsimtsum
The shipwreck of the Tsimtsum is the catastrophic maritime disaster in "Life of Pi" that strands the protagonist at sea and sets the novel’s survival story in motion.
B. General Slocum steamship disaster
The General Slocum steamship disaster was a 1904 New York City ferry fire and sinking that killed over a thousand people, becoming one of the deadliest maritime tragedies in U.S. history.
C. Maheno shipwreck
The Maheno shipwreck is the rusting remains of a former luxury ocean liner and World War I hospital ship that now serves as a prominent historic landmark and tourist attraction on the shores of Fraser Island in Queensland, Australia.
D. Walter L. Frost shipwreck
The Walter L. Frost shipwreck is the remains of an early 20th-century Great Lakes freighter that sank near South Manitou Island and is now a popular historic diving and maritime heritage site.
E. Limo Wreck
"Limo Wreck" is a heavy, riff-driven grunge/metal song by Soundgarden from their acclaimed 1994 album *Superunknown*.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck
Target entity description: The Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck is the remains of a famous American Great Lakes freighter that sank in a 1975 storm on Lake Superior, becoming one of the region’s most legendary maritime disasters.

A. shipwreck of the Tsimtsum
The shipwreck of the Tsimtsum is the catastrophic maritime disaster in "Life of Pi" that strands the protagonist at sea and sets the novel’s survival story in motion.
B. General Slocum steamship disaster
The General Slocum steamship disaster was a 1904 New York City ferry fire and sinking that killed over a thousand people, becoming one of the deadliest maritime tragedies in U.S. history.
C. Maheno shipwreck
The Maheno shipwreck is the rusting remains of a former luxury ocean liner and World War I hospital ship that now serves as a prominent historic landmark and tourist attraction on the shores of Fraser Island in Queensland, Australia.
D. Walter L. Frost shipwreck
The Walter L. Frost shipwreck is the remains of an early 20th-century Great Lakes freighter that sank near South Manitou Island and is now a popular historic diving and maritime heritage site.
E. Limo Wreck
"Limo Wreck" is a heavy, riff-driven grunge/metal song by Soundgarden from their acclaimed 1994 album *Superunknown*.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	maritime disaster site ⓘ shipwreck ⓘ underwater cultural heritage site ⓘ
bellDisplayedAt	Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum, Whitefish Point ⓘ linked to: Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum
bellRecovered	1995 ⓘ
bowSectionCondition	upright ⓘ
cargo	taconite iron ore pellets ⓘ
casualties	all 29 crew members lost ⓘ
causeOfEvent	foundering in heavy seas ⓘ severe storm on Lake Superior ⓘ
coordinateApproximate	46.99°N 85.10°W ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
dateOfEvent	1975-11-10 ⓘ
depth	approximately 160 meters ⓘ approximately 530 feet ⓘ
destinationAtTimeOfLoss	Zug Island near Detroit, Michigan ⓘ
hasPart	SS Edmund Fitzgerald ⓘ
impact	heightened public awareness of Great Lakes maritime risks ⓘ led to changes in storm reporting and load line regulations on the Great Lakes ⓘ
jurisdiction	State of Michigan ⓘ linked to: Michigan United States Coast Guard ⓘ
knownFor	being one of the most famous Great Lakes shipwrecks ⓘ influence on Great Lakes shipping safety regulations ⓘ mystery surrounding exact cause of sinking ⓘ
lastRadioContactTime	1975-11-10 evening ⓘ
legalStatus	gravesite ⓘ protected site ⓘ
locatedIn	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America waters off Whitefish Point, Michigan ⓘ
locatedInBodyOfWater	Lake Superior ⓘ
memorializedBy	Gordon Lightfoot song "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" ⓘ Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum exhibits ⓘ annual memorial services at Mariners’ Church of Detroit ⓘ
notableInvestigationBy	Canadian Coast Guard ⓘ National Transportation Safety Board ⓘ United States Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation ⓘ
numberOfDeaths	29 ⓘ
operator	Columbia Transportation Division ⓘ Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company ⓘ linked to: Northwestern Mutual
registeredPort	Milwaukee, Wisconsin ⓘ linked to: Milwaukee
route	Superior, Wisconsin to Detroit, Michigan ⓘ
sectionCount	2 main hull sections plus debris field ⓘ
sternSectionCondition	inverted ⓘ
vesselName	SS Edmund Fitzgerald ⓘ
vesselType	Great Lakes freighter ⓘ bulk carrier ⓘ
weatherCondition	storm with hurricane-force gusts ⓘ
yearOfEvent	1975 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Great Lakes shipwrecks → hasPart → Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck ⓘ

Gordon Lightfoot → notableWork → The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald ⓘ

linked to: Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck

Hell on Church Street → hasPart → Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald ⓘ