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"15 Skydivers Feared Dead after Landing in Lake Erie". The Hanford Sentinel. Hanford, Calif. United Press International. August 28, 1967a. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com. "2 Dead, 14 Missing As 18 Sky Divers Fall Into Lake Erie: Wind Blows Sky Divers Off Course". The New York Times. Associated Press. August 28, 1967a. pp. 1, 42.
Lake Erie is a favorite for divers since there are many shipwrecks, perhaps 1,400 to 8,000 according to one estimate, [38] of which about 270 are confirmed shipwreck locations. [38] Research into shipwrecks has been organized by the Peachman Lake Erie Shipwreck Research Center, located on the grounds of the Great Lakes Historical Society. [38]
SS G. P. Griffith was a passenger steamer that burned and sank on Lake Erie on 17 June 1850, resulting in the loss of between 241 and 289 lives. [1]: 54 The destruction of the G. P. Griffith was the greatest loss of life on the Great Lakes up to that point, and remains the third-greatest today, after the Eastland in 1915 and the Lady Elgin in 1860.
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Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial was established to honor those who fought in the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812, and to celebrate the long-lasting peace among Britain, Canada and the U.S. The Memorial column, rising over Lake Erie, is situated five miles from the US-Canadian border.
Black Friday (1916) was October 20, the day a "perfect storm" hit Lake Erie, sinking four large ships, killing forty-nine people. [1] The ships that were dispatched to the depths by the violent weather were the James B. Colgate, Marshall F. Butters, D.L. Filer and the Mérida. In the western part of the lake, "the convergence of two high ...
Hagen History Center museums, at 356 W. Sixth St., are open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. Admission is $12 for adults, $7.50 for students and $7 for ...
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Drone footage from this weekend shows a Canadian freighter stuck in the ice on frozen Lake Erie near the shores of Buffalo, New York. The 663-foot ship called the Manitoulin was ...