Lake Erie
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Lake Erie is the fourth-largest lake by surface area of the five Great Lakes in North America and the eleventh-largest globally. It is the southernmost, shallowest, and smallest by volume of the Great
Lake Erie on May 28, 2022, taken from the International Space Station
Walk in Water, built in Buffalo, was the first steamship on Lake Erie. Picture c. 1816.
Battle of Lake Erie (1865) by William H. Powell depicts US Navy commander Oliver Hazard Perry
At an Ohio history festival, the 19th-century style brig warship Niagara passes the Lorain lighthouse.
Niagara River
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The Niagara River flows north from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario, forming part of the border between Ontario, Canada, to the west, and New York, United States, to the east. The origin of the river's name
Lake Erie
…Pennsylvania; and Toledo, Ohio. 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…
The Niagara River at Niagara Gorge in May 2008
American Falls with Goat Island to its right
Niagara River at Queenston, Ontario, then known as Queenstown, Upper Canada, c. 1805 watercolour
Whirlpool Aero Car crossing Niagara Whirlpool