Sandusky Bay is a bay on Lake Erie in northern Ohio, formed at the mouth of the Sandusky River. It was identified as Lac Sandouské on a 1718 French map, with early variations recorded that suggest the name was derived from Native American languages. The Thomas A. Edison Memorial Bridge was constructed across it in the 20th century to connect highways in Erie and Ottawa counties.
Original Bay Bridge carrying SR 2, c. 1930s
Greenish water flows out of Sandusky Bay (lower left) into Lake Erie in this photo taken on April 12, 2022 from the International Space Station.
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 Lakes and also has the shortest average water residence time. At its deepest point Lake Erie is 210 feet (64 m) deep, making it the only Great Lake whose deepest point is above sea level.
NOAA satellite image of Lake Erie from July 7, 2023. Light green swirls are algae bloom on the western edge of the lake.
Lake Erie on May 28, 2022, taken from the International Space Station
North shore in mid-December 2014
Walk in Water, built in Buffalo, was the first steamship on Lake Erie. Picture c. 1816.
