SS Edmund Fitzgerald (nicknamed "Mighty Fitz", "The Fitz" or "The Big Fitz") was a lake freighter that sank suddenly during a gale storm on Lake Superior on November 10, 1975. The ship went down without a distress signal in 530 feet (162 m) of water at (46°59.9′N85°06.6′W), in Canadian waters about 17 miles (15 nmi; 27 km) from the entrance to Whitefish Bay. All 29 members of the crew perished.