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In 1997, the Waterworks Ferry Dock in Presque Isle State Park received a $1.1 million renovation and dredging to reverse decades of deterioration. [1] Water taxi service between the Waterworks and downtown Erie began on June 7, 1997 with the introduction of the Presque Isle Express—a 40-foot (10 m), 36-passenger pontoon boat. [2]
Presque Isle quickly became the most popular state park in Pennsylvania. Presque Isle was an early example of locating state parks near cities, a trend that would become prevalent statewide only in the 1960s. [18] The first paved road was built in the park in 1924, [5] and today 13 miles (21 km) of roads run through the park. [2]
Presque Isle Bay is a natural bay located off the coast of Erie, Pennsylvania. Its 5.8-square-mile (15 km 2 ) embayment is about 4.6 miles (7.4 km) in length, about 1.8 mi (2.9 km) across at its widest point, and an average depth of about 20 feet (6.1 m).
The Presque Isle Light Station in 2023 submitted an application to the National Park Service to manage and maintain the North Pier Light, a 35-foot tall, black-and-white tower that is sometimes ...
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The Northern Tier National High Adventure Bases are a collection of high adventure bases in Minnesota, Ontario, and Manitoba. It is made up of Charles L. Sommers Canoe Base in Ely, Minnesota operating in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) and Quetico Provincial Park, Don Rogert Canoe Base in Atikokan, Ontario operating in Quetico Provincial Park, and Northern Expeditions Base in ...
The area contains many lakes, such as the Presque Isle Lake and the headwaters of the Presque Isle River. According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 74.4 square miles (192.8 km 2 ), of which, 61.7 square miles (159.8 km 2 ) of it is land and 12.7 square miles (33.0 km 2 ) of it (17.10%) is water.
Solar panels installed at Presque Isle State Park Beach 8. In 2016, a solar array in front of the park's Tom Ridge Environmental Center, 301 Peninsula Drive, began providing energy to help light ...