by TIMOTHY J. THOMPSON

Created on: July 12, 2011

THE LEGEND OF GREAT LAKE SUPERIOR

Way up North where Minnesota greets Canada there is a body of water like no other

It is so enormous, that to all the other lakes nearby, its is like their big brother

It's surface area covers an astounding 50,000 square miles

And when he grows angry every November, no Mariner smiles

According to legend, the lake can rise with fury, without so much as a warning

And every ship and crew can become easy prey whenever Superior is storming

One cloudy afternoon in 1975, a ship named the Big Fitz would try and navigate her way through Superior

In no time at all, the Big Fitz would be made to look utterly feeble and inferior

The following day, a heavy snowfall made visibility immensely blurry

The Big Fitz and her brave crew found themselves trapped in a storm of incredible magnitude and fury

100 mile per hour winds and 35 foot waves terrified the crew and cancelled dinner

By 7 PM, it was unmistakably clear that in this confrontation, Superior was going to be the winner

Death for the Big Fitz was sudden and catastrophic. It was so tragic the way she went

Not so much as a single distress signal was even sent

And so it is the legend of Great Lake Superior, big and strong

wide and long

Be it no mistake

A tremendous Great Lake

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