Once a year, on Nov. 10, the date the freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior in 1975, Split Rock Lighthouse is illuminated as a memorial to the 29 crew members who died. Their names are read as the ship's bell tolls. Visitors lined up for a rare chance to view the lantern room, the only time each year that the public can see it when the beacon is lit.
Split Rock Lighthouse shines light for lives lost
November 11, 2019 at 1:48PM
A bright moon shone over the horizon near the Split Rock Lighthouse on Sunday, Nov. 10. It was lit to honor the lives of the 29 men that died aboard the Edmund Fitzgerald 44 years ago. (Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
![The Split Rock Lighthouse still uses it's original prism and shined brightly as it rotated at a steady pace Sunday night.]
ALEX KORMANN • alex.kormann@startribune.com The decommissioned Split Rock Lighthouse in Twin Harbors, MN is lit once a year to honor the 29 men who died in the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. On November 10, 2019 the 44th anniversary of the shipwreck was honored.](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/W4JPOVWAVI7KVSNPQEJVXP7O7Q.jpg?&w=712)
The Split Rock Lighthouse still uses it’s original prism and shined brightly as it rotated at a steady pace Sunday night.]
ALEX KORMANN • alex.kormann@startribune.com The decommissioned Split Rock Lighthouse in Twin Harbors, MN is lit once a year to honor the 29 men who died in the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. On November 10, 2019 the 44th anniversary of the shipwreck was honored. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
![A long line of people braced the chilly weather on Sunday evening to get a chance to go inside the Split Rock Lighthouse once it was illuminated for the only night of the year.]
ALEX KORMANN • alex.kormann@startribune.com The decommissioned Split Rock Lighthouse in Two Harbors, MN is lit once a year to honor the 29 men who died in the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. On November 10, 2019 the 44th anniversary of the shipwreck was honored.](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/M4CHBSAIVECJJBURDQTGAOY2HY.jpg?&w=712)
A long line of people braced the chilly weather on Sunday evening to get a chance to go inside the Split Rock Lighthouse once it was illuminated for the only night of the year.]ALEX KORMANN • alex.kormann@startribune.comThe decommissioned Split Rock Lighthouse in Two Harbors, MN is lit once a year to honor the 29 men who died in the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. On November 10, 2019 the 44th anniversary of the shipwreck was honored. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
about the writer
More from Duluth
See More
The proposal suggests removing the 20-year protection on the Superior National Forest that President Joe Biden’s administration had ordered in 2023.
Culture
Chris Riemenschneider
Chance the Rapper knows Minnesota has ‘the’ state fair to play. It’s one of his only 2024 gigs.
CultureChris Riemenschneider
Chance the Rapper knows Minnesota has ‘the’ state fair to play. It’s one of his only 2024 gigs.
The Chicago hip-hop star is offering his fellow Midwesterners at the grandstand a preview of his bold new “Star Line” project.
The State of Hockey lost another all-time great in former Minnesota Duluth coach Mike Sertich.
The proposal suggests removing the 20-year protection on the Superior National Forest that President Joe Biden’s administration had ordered in 2023.