[MNDude]

I’m curious, is that song known in areas outside the Great Lakes areas?

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

Yes! That song was a major hit.

https://youtu.be/9vST6hVRj2A

[Duchess47]

I played it a lot in California.

[Blurb2350]

Of course that song is known outside the Great Lakes! And anyone who bought K-Tel’s definitive collection, “Gordon Lightfoot Sings Every Song Ever Written,” knows it well.

[miss marmelstein]

Yes, it may have made #1 on AM stations when it was first released. I know I heard it so relentlessly to my brother’s many shouts of “Turn that off!” I still like the song, especially the beautiful, poetic lyrics.

[markman46]

the Duluth's great lakes museum has a some of the ore and a model of the fitz

[GoldwaterCountry]

I grew up in Eastern Washington and the song was huge. We only had rock music on one a.m. station (960 KALE) at the time. Still one of my favorite songs to this day and my favorite Gordon Lightfoot song.

[ExpatGator]

I was a teenager at that time (late 70s) and worked on party fishing and commercial boats out of Central Florida. That song was on the jukebox at the restaurant/bar at the marina and played numerous times daily.

[NFHale]

It’s an amazing song...

[Inspectorette]

I’m curious, is that song known in areas outside the Great Lakes areas?

Absolutely - I lived in Massachusetts back then, and it was a huge hit.