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Mariners' Church

The 'Maritime Sailors' Cathedral', where the bell tolls each November for the 29 men lost on the Edmund Fitzgerald.

Photo: Warren LeMay · CC BY-SA 2.0
Open
Check before visiting; open for services
Price
Free
Time Needed
20 minutes
Address
170 E Jefferson Ave, Detroit, MI 48226Google MapsApple Maps
Getting There
Downtown, by the tunnel to Windsor.

Why Go

Built in 1849, the limestone church was moved 880 feet in 1955 to make room for a civic center. Gordon Lightfoot's song about the Edmund Fitzgerald mentions it, and a memorial service is held every year.

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