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Erie Bluffs State Park is a 587-acre (238 ha) [2] Pennsylvania state park in Girard and Springfield Townships, Erie County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The park is the largest undeveloped stretch of land overlooking Lake Erie in Pennsylvania.
Lake Erie (/ ˈ ɪr i / EER-ee) is the fourth-largest lake by surface area of the five Great Lakes in North America and the eleventh-largest globally. [6] [10] It is the southernmost, shallowest, and smallest by volume of the Great Lakes [11] [12] and also has the shortest average water residence time. At its deepest point, Lake Erie is 210 ...
Erie Mayor Joe Schember's administration on Thursday announced details of the city's annual Lights Over Lake Erie fireworks display, which returns to Dobbins Landing one day before the July 4 holiday.
Lake Erie State Park is a 355-acre (1.44 km 2) state park [2] located in the Town of Portland in Chautauqua County, New York, United States, northeast of the village of Brocton. Its major attraction is its Lake Erie beach, in addition to its campsites and other recreational facilities.
The largest known seiche on Lake Erie was a 22-foot event that killed 77 people and dammed Niagara Falls with ice, temporarily stopping the waterfall from flowing. More recently, a 16-foot seiche ...
The center, which officially opened on May 26, 2006, is on 12 acres (5 ha) just off Route 832 on a bluff overlooking Lake Erie. TREC is named for former Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge , "who grew up in Erie, worked at the park as a young man and provided funding for the center and numerous Presque Isle projects during his administration".
Attractions along this segment of the Seaway Trail include the city of Erie itself, Presque Isle State Park, Erie Bluffs State Park, Waldameer Park and Water World, the Erie Maritime Museum, and the North East winery region. [6] The Skyway carries NY 5 and the trail into downtown Buffalo.
Middle Island, also part of Point Pelee National Park, was acquired in 2000 and is just north of the Canada–United States border in Lake Erie. [3] Point Pelee is the southernmost point of mainland Canada, [3] and is located on a foundation of glacial sand, silt and gravel that bites into Lake Erie. This spit of land is slightly more than ...