The freighter Edmund Fitzgerald may have gone down nearly 50 years ago, but you will still find interest in the “Titanic of the Great Lakes” staying afloat. Last week, Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum Board Member Chris Winters filled the Door County Maritime Museum for his presentation on the 50th Anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, which kicked off the museum’s Maritime Speaker Series.

The event coincided with the opening of a new temporary exhibit called “Holding Our Own,” a nod to the final words heard from the Edmund Fitzgerald before it sank on November 10th, 1975. In addition to the shipwreck itself, the exhibit shines a light on two Sturgeon Bay residents, Russell Haskell and Oliver “Buck” Champeau, who were crew members on the Edmund Fitzgerald and died when it sank. Door County Maritime Museum Deputy Director Sam Perlman says the ties the Edmund Fitzgerald had with the community continue to create interest.

Perlman adds that Champeau’s daughter, Deborah, worked with the museum on the exhibit, contributing some of the artifacts that will be on display. The exhibit will be on display through at least the end of the year. You can watch the Maritime Speaker Series event on the Edmund Fitzgerald below.