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Lake Erie
Lake Erie is the fourth largest lake of the five Great Lakes in North America, and the tenth largest globally. It is the southernmost, shallowest, and smallest by volume of the Great Lakes and therefore also has the shortest average water residence time. It is bounded on the north by the Canadian province of Ontario, on the south by the U.S...
Timeline of Events
1812
10.9.1812
War of 1812: In a naval engagement on Lake Erie, American forces capture two British ships: HMS Detroit and HMS ''Caledonia''.
1825
10.26.1825
The Erie Canal opens – passage from Albany, New York to Lake Erie.
1969
7.4.1969
The Ohio Fireworks Derecho kills 18 Ohioans and destroys over 100 boats on Lake Erie.