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Tuesday, November 03, 2026

When the Gales of November Came Early: The Legend of the Edmund Fitzgerald

Friday, November 13
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Connecticut and the Great Lakes Region hold a shared maritime heritage of using our waters for travel, industry, and cargo shipping- as well as many a story of maritime disasters, BHC Archivist Jaime Pettit gives a special presentation on the story behind the wreck of the legendary doomed ship the SS Edmund Fitzgerald and other famous shipwrecks of the Great Lakes, Long Island Sound, & beyond, as well as the lasting importance of shipwrecks as memorials, archeological sites, and as habitats for underwater creatures to call home.

November 13th, 2pm
Burroughs Saden Library
3rd floor Program Room

 

Jaime Pettit
Jaime Pettit serves as an Assistant Archivist at the Bridgeport History Center at the Bridgeport, Connecticut Public Library. She received a Masters' in Information Science at the University of Michigan and a Certification in Museum Studies at Harvard University. She has previously worked with the University of Michigan and Arizona State University's departments of archeology. Pettit's current projects combine her love for both history and writing to highlight interesting and lesser-known stories from Bridgeport and Connecticut.