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Below is a list of ports in the Great Lakes region, which includes Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, and Lake Superior, as well as the smaller Lake St. Clair. Lake Superior [ edit ]
Situated below Lake Huron, Erie's primary inlet is the Detroit River. The main natural outflow from the lake is via the Niagara River, which provides hydroelectric power to Canada and the U.S. as it spins huge turbines near Niagara Falls at Lewiston, New York, and Queenston, Ontario. [14]
A fireworks display illuminates the Bicentennial Tower in Erie during the Lights Over Lake Erie event in July 2021. Show time; where to watch The display will begin about 10 p.m. on July 3.
By surface area, Lake Huron is the second-largest of the Great Lakes, with a surface area of 23,007 square miles (59,590 km 2)—of which 9,103 square miles (23,580 km 2) lies in Michigan and 13,904 square miles (36,010 km 2) lies in Ontario—making it the third-largest fresh water lake on Earth (or the fourth-largest lake, if the Caspian Sea ...
Jack Bock, left, with the S.O.N.S. of Lake Erie, talks with Tony Pianta, Harbormaster for the Erie-Western Pennsylvania Port Authority, about a newly-opened fish cleaning station at Lampe Marina ...
Lake Erie Bluffs (Perry, Ohio) Getting There: 45 minutes from Cleveland, OH or 1.5 hours from Erie, PA Where to Stay: Residence Inn by Marriott Cleveland Mentor , Family Summer House on Lake Erie
The five lighthouses are Split Rock Light on Lake Superior, St Joseph Light on Lake Michigan, Spectacle Reef Light on Lake Huron, [10] Marblehead Light (Ohio) on Lake Erie and Thirty Mile Point Light on Lake Ontario. In 2001-2002 the state renovated the tower and keeper's house for $500,000.
In the early 21st century, Lake Superior's shores are 91% forested, Lake Huron 68%, Lake Ontario 49%, Lake Michigan 41%, and Lake Erie, where logging and urbanization has been most extensive, 21%. Some of these forests are second or third growth (i.e. they have been logged before, changing their composition).