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Gales of November 2025

Date and Time

Friday, November 7, 2025, 9:00 AM until Tuesday, November 11, 2025, 4:30 PM Central Time (US & Canada) (UTC-06:00)

Location

Friday-The Garden Wedding & Event Center, and Saturday-The Duluth Entertainment Convention Cente
https://decc.org/
425 Lake Ave South and 350 Harbor Drive
Duluth, MN  55802
USA
218-722-4724

Additional Info

Jean Nordland-Skomars (s)

Jean M Nordland-Skomars
218-727-2497 (p)

Category

Gales of November

Registration Info

Registration has closed - Event is past
Payment In Full In Advance Only
Gales of November Speakers

About this event

Speaker lineup for Gales 2025! Welcome


Friday-first speakers at 9:00 AM 

Welcome and Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center update-David Schauer, LSMMA Board president, and Sara Summers-Luedtke, LSMVC Director, respectively.

S
outh Pier Lighthouse History & Update-Al Finlayson, LSMMA Treasurer, and Scott Bjorklund, USACE Park Ranger.

Evolution of Theories regarding the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald-Fred Stonehouse.

Duluth Seaway Port Authority-Jayson Hron and Kate Ferguson.

The tour busses are full, if you have verification that you are registered be at the Garden (likely in parking lot behind) by 1:30 PM

Saturday
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first speakers at 8:30 AM

Welcome and Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center update-David Schauer, LSMMA Board president, and Sara Summers-Luedtke, LSMVC Director, respectively.

Exploring the recently discovered Henry Steinbrenner 1953 shipwreck in Lake Superior-Ian Grant & Team.

Split Rock Lighthouse history of beacon lighting for the Fitzgerald and evolution of the remembrance ceremony-Hayes Scriven and Lee Radzak.


Luncheon Keynote-Edmund Fitzgerald Investigations, including the bell raising in 1995-Ric Mixter

Exploring the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald from perspectives of the weather, the ship, and the song by Gordon Lightfoot-Steve Ackerman, UW-Madison Badger Talks

The Gales of November, the  Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald. The definitive account of the disaster.-Author John U. Bacon

 






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Gales of November Friday
Friday Afernoon Bus Tour
Gales of November Saturday

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