Gordon Lightfoot left lasting legacy on Great Lakes shipwreck culture
2023-05-03
Canadian singer/songwriter Gordon Lightfoot died Monday at the age of 84. Lightfoot’s hit song, “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” told the story of the largest ship to ever sink on the Great Lakes. According to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum, the song brought attention and awareness to shipwrecks along the Great Lakes and opened people to tell more stories. Read the full story by WWTV-TV – Cadillac, MI.
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continue this partnership, we jumped at the chance to work with students on a litter prevention effort. The plan was to have Communities students build and install fishing line receptacles at public fishing locations in the greater Oshkosh area.
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waters through targeted campaigns, cleanup events, and outreach and education.
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