Lake Erie Winds: A Day at Put-in-Bay

Monday, July 25, 2011

A Day at Put-in-Bay

I thought I'd share a few pics from last Friday afternoon when I group of us took a 21' Lyman over to the island. After a picnic in the park, we walked around town, had ice cream, and waited out a thunderstorm before heading back. What a day!

This looks like fun!

P-I-B is a great place to see classic Lymans. This baby blue boat is a beauty.

Great Blue Heron - a true Lake Erie icon

Perry's Victory & International Peace Memorial undergoing repairs

Black squirrel, common on the island and in Ohio generally

This unique home, utilizing the pilot house of an old lake freighter, sits on the north shore of the island

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AnonymousJuly 25, 2011 at 9:02 AM
I took a lot of these same photos at PIB years ago, including one of a black squirrel when I was there 5 years ago! ~Mary
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Rich NorgardJuly 25, 2011 at 1:49 PM
Could it be the same squirrel? :-)
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About Lake Erie

9,940 sq mi (25,745 sq km), 241 mi (388 km) long and from 30 to 57 mi (48-92 km) wide, bordered on the N by S Ont., Canada, on the E by W N.Y., on the S by NW Pa. and N Ohio, and on the W by SE Mich. and NW Ohio.; fourth largest of the Great Lakes. It is 572 ft (174 m) above sea level with a maximum depth of 210 ft (64 m), making it the shallowest of the Great Lakes and the only one with a floor above sea level. It is part of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway system and is linked to Lake Huron by the Detroit River, Lake St. Clair, and St. Clair River, and with Lake Ontario by the Niagara River (Lake Erie's only natural outlet) and the Welland Canal. The New York State Canal System links the lake with the Hudson River. Several small rivers, including the Maumee, Sandusky, and Cuyahoga, flow into the lake from the south; the Grand River enters from Ontario. Lake Erie is partially icebound in winter and is usually closed to navigation from mid-December to the end of March. Rich agricultural lands border the Canadian shore, where the chief towns are Port Colborne and Port Stanley. The principal U.S. cities on the lake are Buffalo, Erie, Cleveland, and Toledo; all are ports with heavy industry. Untreated industrial and municipal wastes from lakeshore cities-and from Detroit, whose wastes enter the western end of the lake-polluted the waters and rendered surrounding areas foul smelling. A U.S.-Canadian pact (1972) ended the discharge of contaminating materials into the water, and the environmental damage has since abated. Numerous recreation facilities are provided at national (Point Pelee and Fort Malden in Canada), provincial, and state parks located on the lake's islands and shores. The first European to see the lake was French explorer Louis Jolliet in 1669. The British and the French, and later the British and the Americans, fought for its control. The battle of Lake Erie (Sept. 10, 1813), a naval engagement in the War of 1812, led successfully by the U.S. leader Oliver H. Perry against the British, was fought at Put-in Bay. (Courtesy the Columbia Encyclopedia)

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Monday, July 25, 2011

A Day at Put-in-Bay

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