Overview
- The Minnesota Historical Society says the Nov. 10 beacon-lighting at Split Rock Lighthouse is sold out with 2,000 tickets, and the ceremony will be livestreamed with shuttle service advised for attendees.
- Mariners’ Church of Detroit schedules Nov. 7–10 observances, including a Nov. 9 memorial service with U.S. Coast Guard, Navy and International Ship Masters Association participants that will stream on YouTube, plus a Nov. 10 bell‑ringing Eucharist at 12:10 p.m.
- The Detroit Historical Society’s Dossin Great Lakes Museum hosts a full weekend of programming from Nov. 7–10, culminating in the 26th annual Lost Mariners Remembrance on Monday evening.
- The National Museum of the Great Lakes in Toledo plans guided ship tours, a Nov. 7 Fitzgerald Beer Launch and dinner, a Nov. 8 author signing, a Nov. 9 tribute concert by Meredith Moon, and daylong Nov. 10 documentary screenings followed by a 6 p.m. panel and commemoration.
- At Whitefish Point, the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum will display Edmund Fitzgerald artifacts including the 200‑pound bronze bell and hold a Nov. 10 public remembrance at 2 p.m., with a family‑only 7 p.m. service to be livestreamed.