Northwest Michigan residents know when “that feel is in the air,” a sense that an epic and timeless battle between the north and south winds will soon be taking place here on the Lake Michigan coast—when “the witch of November come stealin’,” as singer Gordon Lightfoot relates in his ballad “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”.
The wreck of the 283-foot Steamer New York, built in 1879, has been discovered in Lake Huron. David Trotter and the Undersea Research Associates (URA) team made the discovery after an extensive search effort that spanned several years.
Details surrounding the history, legend and exciting 2010 discovery of one of the Great Lakes’ most sought-after shipwrecks will be disclosed during the Empire Area Heritage Group’s Dec. 2, free public program at the Empire Township Hall.