Before the Edmund Fitzgerald there was the Carl D. Bradley, the Willaim B. Davok, the Betty Hedger, the American Sailor and many more...

In 1959 the St.Lawrence Seaway opened to international commerce. Within the first year over a thousand ships from around the world came to the Great Lakes carrying danger, adventure, and intrigue aboard them. The Old Mermaid's Tale weaves a romance of love, fantasy, passion and mystery for a handsome Italian fisherman, a dashing shipping magnate's son, a mysterious Breton sailor with a dark past and a seductive voice... and Clair, the woman who loves all three of them. More...