17 Interesting Facts About Lake Erie

Lake Erie is one of the five Great Lakes of North America, located on the eastern edge of the United States and Canada.

It is the fourth-largest lake of the Great Lakes by surface area and the smallest by volume, with a shoreline length of 871 miles or 1400 kilometers.

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[thomaslewandowski]

Life-long resident of Buffalo, NY. Love Lake Erie! I have owned 3 boats over the years and fished its waters since I was a kid in the 60's. Keep the videos coming!!

[richmiller]

Great Job. I've lived along the south shore forn50 years now. I will never move!

[NathanBd-zwpt]

As a Floridian, I recently visited Lake Erie in PA, and also saw it in NY state. Absolutely beautiful. Hope to go back some day (summertime only for me, thanks).

[blowupbob]

At 2:46, it is Presque Isle State Park, not Presque All State Park. I live one mile from it in Erie, PA. At 2:21, you should have shown a picture of the U.S. Brig Niagara from the war of 1812, instead of some modern camouflaged boat. We have a sailing replica of it here in Erie.

[Alsatiagent]

None of the Great Lakes are in Quebec. They have many beautiful bodies of water there but Lake Erie is not among them.

[frednewman]

I live next to lake Erie and it only boarders on Canadian providence, Ontario! Lake Ontario does not even go that far east to boarder Quebec! However the St Lawrence Seaway that exits out of it does!

[beacee]

Every year we make a trip there. It never disappoints!

[BeyondLimitsD]

How is lake Erie on the Eastern edge of the US? I've lived in the US all my life, and last I checked, the lake is nowhere near the Eastern edge. Was looking foward to facts...but just got YT fiction.

[Swindy]

I live in Erie Pennsylvania… you failed to mention that Lake Erie is the graveyard of the great lakes.. being the shallowest lake is also the most deadly. I’ve seen it many times in all its fury. Pretty scary .

[Wiseguy]

I was born and raised in Toledo. At the time I lived there, 1939 to 1961, Lake Erie was very badly polluted! We frequently went swimming in it anyway. Bay Point Park on the west side of Sandusky Bay was one of our favorite places to go.

[thedustyhead]

I water skied on Lake Erie when I was a kid . It was rough and water was cold ( probably early summer ) but I had a great time . I was born in Buffalo but Bell Helicopter moved my mom and dad , sister and I to Texas . We went back often for long visits . I had an uncle and aunt that lived on a farm and others ones that had a summer house on Like Erie . We would sometimes spend the 4th of July there and burn massive bonfires on the beach . Some people gathered driftwood for weeks preparing their fire . It was great . That uncle was also a fireman and he did a lot of ice fishing too on the lake . Good Times !

[dalehazard]

Another fact about Lake Erie. Lake Erie supplies all of the water that goes over Niagara Falls.

[noodengrthree]

The statement about the watershed is wronh in that water from northeast Indiana flows into Lake Erie via the Muamee River at Toledo.

[stephenplatt]

Wow, it is like an inland Sea, Stephen.

[hdhhc]

Lake Erie is nowhere near Quebec. Lol

[sweynforkbeardtraindude]

South Base Island??? What about all of the shipwrecks?

[kerrylouden]

Forgot to mention it was the dumping ground for a little city like Detroit for many years before the fire!

[coltharwood]

If you are going to do a video you should at least learn how to pronounce the locations correctly.

It's not on the eastern edge of United States, it ends at and transitions to the Niagara River at Buffalo NY which is western New York state some 400 miles from the east coast of the US.

[alanstrong]

Presque Isle State Park on the shores of Lake Erie is popular for festivities.