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"The Gales of November"? from the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald?
"That good ship and crew was a bone to be chewed
When the gales of November came early"
.. or am I the master of overthink :)

No you are not. You made the connection perfectly. Lol!
What can I say? I’m Canadian. Lake Superior is in the same Province (where I live)...I’ve seen the waves on that lake and I am telling you, the wind is nothing to take for granted. It’s a huge lake and the tallest wave ever recorded on it was 28.8 feet. (October 2017.)
Crazy for fresh water but it was the same kind of 80 mph wind that took out the Fitzgerald in 1975.