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1975年11月10日，Edmund Fitzgerald貨輪在蘇必利爾湖風暴中沉沒，29名船員全部遇難。加拿大歌手Gordon Lightfoot次年發行的紀念歌曲如今滿50年，讓這起五大湖災難進入更廣泛公衆記憶。

背景與影響

參與錄音的Ed Ringwald回憶，最初一次錄製呈現出後來難以重現的效果，其踏板鋼吉他成爲作品的重要聲音。船難歷史機構認爲，歌曲把遇難者故事傳給了新一代。本篇介紹音樂與紀念的聯繫，不重刊歌詞，也不把歌曲當成事故技術調查。

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SS Edmund Fitzgerald號貨輪歷史照片。Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum。

SS Edmund Fitzgerald號貨輪歷史照片。Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum。

Ed Ringwald was photographed in his home recording studio in Waterloo Region on Nov. 10, 2026. (Spencer Turcotte/CTV News)

Ed Ringwald was photographed in his home recording studio in Waterloo Region on Nov. 10, 2026. (Spencer Turcotte/CTV News)

Gordon Lightfoot performs during the half-time show at the CFL Grey Cup championship football game between the Toronto Argonauts and the Calgary Stampeders on Nov. 25, 2012, in Toronto. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)

Gordon Lightfoot performs during the half-time show at the CFL Grey Cup championship football game between the Toronto Argonauts and the Calgary Stampeders on Nov. 25, 2012, in Toronto. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)

Gordon Lightfoot attends a ceremony unveiling a bronze statue in his honor at Barnfield Point, on the Gordon Lightfoot Trail in Orillia, Ont., on Oct. 23, 2015. (The Canadian Press/Fred Thornhill)

Gordon Lightfoot attends a ceremony unveiling a bronze statue in his honor at Barnfield Point, on the Gordon Lightfoot Trail in Orillia, Ont., on Oct. 23, 2015. (The Canadian Press/Fred Thornhill)