The coast guard, insurance companies , fact finding committees can’t really pin point why or how the ship went down.No distress call...a few bits of debris found on surface, supposedly only one body found( wasn’t verified as crewman). Last words from Captain was “we’re holding our own”. Superior is so cold, the bodies don’t deteriorate much or bloat and float from bacterially produced gases like warm water drownings...Ship had good history of service, had set hauling records many times... There are books written on the disaster, inquiries, fame seekers trying to make money off the disaster... The human tragedy is acute also. Plus masterful song by G. Lightfoot.
I knew Lightfoot was a good songwriter, but while doing research at a library I discovered the disaster song was a true story. That really got me interested. Amazing ability to create an epic poem/song by Lightfoot
Good question. One reason is that Gordon Lightfoot memorialized it in song. Another reason was that this type of shipwreck seemed like it would never happen on an interior water body under modern conditions.
In the modern world things like this aren’t supposed to happen.