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Sandusky (/ s æ n ˈ d ʌ s k i / san-DUSS-kee) is a city in and the county seat of Erie County, Ohio, United States. [4] Situated on the southern shore of Lake Erie, Sandusky is located roughly midway between Toledo (45 miles (72 km) west) and Cleveland (50 miles (80 km) east).
Location of Sandusky Bay (darker blue extending southwest from Lake Erie). 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.
Johnson's Island is a 300-acre (120 ha) island in Sandusky Bay, located on the coast of Lake Erie, 3 miles (4.8 km) from the city of Sandusky, Ohio.It was the site of a prisoner-of-war camp for Confederate officers captured during the American Civil War.
Ohio's portion of Lake Erie contains at least 26 islands in the western basin, but the exact number of islands varies, depending on water levels, per the Ohio Sea Grant College Program. The total ...
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 ...
Yes, Lake Erie has its own version of the Loch Ness monster, with the first known spotting of the Lake Erie Bessie in 1793 near Sandusky. Some eagle-eyed hunters have spotted Bessie near Toledo.
Pelee Island is reached by ferry from Leamington, Ontario, or by plane or ferry in Sandusky, Ohio, and is the largest of the Lake Erie islands. [34] The island has a unique ecosystem with plants rarely found in Canada such as wild hyacinth, yellow horse gentian, and prickly pear cactus. [ 34 ]
Lake Erie laps away in northern Ohio and is the 11th largest lake in the world. Here are some facts about the Great Lakes. Lake Erie. Average depth: 62 feet. Maximum depth: 210 feet. Size: 9,910 ...