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  2. Presque Isle Water Taxi - Wikipedia

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    In 1997, the Waterworks Ferry Dock in Presque Isle State Park received a $1.1 million renovation and dredging to reverse decades of deterioration. [1] Water taxi service between the Waterworks and downtown Erie began on June 7, 1997 with the introduction of the Presque Isle Express—a 40-foot (10 m), 36-passenger pontoon boat. [2]

  3. Presque Isle Bay - Wikipedia

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    A map of Presque Isle Bay during the War of 1812 [3]. Commander Oliver Hazard Perry took command of America's Lake Erie naval fleet at Presque Isle in March 1813. By the end of July 1813, Perry had assembled the necessary crews and escaped a blockade of the channel exit by Commander Robert Heriot Barclay, Perry's British counterpart.

  4. Kelleys Island State Park - Wikipedia

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    Kelleys Island State Park is a public recreation area occupying one-quarter of Kelleys Island, an island in Lake Erie located 13 miles (21 km) northeast of Port Clinton, Ohio, in the United States. The state park 's 677 acres (274 ha) include six miles (9.7 km) of hiking trails, ruins of lime kilns and quarrying operations, sand beach, and ...

  5. Presque Isle State Park - Wikipedia

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    A sunset at one of the beaches facing Lake Erie on Presque Isle. Water skiing and scuba diving are permitted at Presque Isle State Park in designated waters of Lake Erie. [53] Water skiing must take place in Presque Isle Bay or out on Lake Erie and is prohibited within 500 feet (150 m) of the shore.

  6. List of Lake Erie Islands - Wikipedia

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    The Lake Erie Islands are geologically part of the Silurian Columbus Limestone. When the Pleistocene ice sheets carved out the basin of modern-day Lake Erie, these hard rocks proved more resistant to erosion than the shales in the east, and as a result, Lake Erie's western end is much shallower than the basins in the east, so that the islands ...

  7. Holiday markets near the Lake Erie shore offer unique ...

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    Spanning three weekends, the second annual Gideon Owen Holiday Market was owner Quintin Smith's dream come true of creating a public square for residents and visitors to gather and celebrate the ...

  8. Waldameer & Water World - Wikipedia

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    Waldameer Park & Water World is an amusement park and water park at the base of Presque Isle in Erie, Pennsylvania, United States.Waldameer is the fourth oldest amusement park in Pennsylvania, the tenth oldest in the nation, and one of only thirteen trolley parks still operating in the country. [1]

  9. Lake Erie - Wikipedia

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    Lake Erie (/ ˈ ɪr i / EER-ee) is the fourth-largest lake by surface area of the five Great Lakes in North America and the eleventh-largest globally. [6] [10] It is the southernmost, shallowest, and smallest by volume of the Great Lakes [11] [12] and also has the shortest average water residence time. At its deepest point, Lake Erie is 210 ...