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Marblehead's economy benefits from its lakefront situation, with its fishing, boating, and recreational tourism industries providing employment opportunities for many locals. Marblehead and surrounding attractions in Ottawa and Erie County are collectively known to visitors as "Vacationland," or more recently, Lake Erie's "Shores and Islands."
They include Kelleys Island, Erie Island, [1] Pelee Island, the Bass Islands, and several others. The majority of these islands are under the sovereignty of the State of Ohio in the United States . Pelee Island is the only major inhabited island within the province of Ontario , while the smaller Middle Island is the southmost point of land in ...
Side view of a stromatoporoid in the Columbus Limestone at Kelleys Island. The Columbus Limestone is a mapped bedrock unit consisting primarily of fossiliferous limestone . It occurs in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia in the United States, and in Ontario, Canada.
Marblehead Lighthouse in Marblehead, Ohio, United States, is the oldest lighthouse in continuous operation on the American side of the Great Lakes. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It has guided sailors safely along the rocky shores of Marblehead Peninsula since 1822, and is an active aid to navigation .
State Route 269 (SR 269) is a north–south state highway in the north central portion of the U.S. state of Ohio.Its southern terminus is at SR 4 on the Huron–Seneca county line nearly seven miles (11 km) south of Bellevue, and its northern terminus is at the entrance to East Harbor State Park near Marblehead.
State Route 163 (SR 163) is a 46.24-mile (74.42 km) long east–west state highway in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of Ohio.The western terminus of SR 163 is at a T-intersection with the duplex of U.S. Route 20 (US 20) and US 23 approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) southeast of the city limits of Perrysburg.
Ottawa County is a county located in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio.As of the 2020 census, the population was 40,364. [2] Its county seat is Port Clinton. [3] The county is named either for the Ottawa (Odawa) Indigenous peoples who lived there, or for an Indigenous word meaning "trader".
Lakeside is a private community and census-designated place in Danbury Township, Ottawa County, Ohio, United States, on the shores of Lake Erie. [2] It was formed in 1873 by members of the Methodist Church and remains a church-affiliated vacation resort and United Methodist Annual Conference site.