lake erie

Presents a comprehensive collection of illustrated photographs and essays that portray the daily life, industry, and commerce of Lake Erie during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and describes storms, shipwrecks, and other catastrophes, recreation, wildlife, and more.

Three friends decide to hike across the Eastern edge of frozen Lake Erie on a sunny afternoon. Tony Davenport and Victoria Maxwell have begun dating secretly, while Amy Black, mourning the death of her father, believes that a relationship with Tony will end her depression. The couple's admission of love and Amy's complex feelings are cut short when ice collapses beneath them.

When their mutual friend Shelly is drowned in a sailing accident, high school junior John Keats and his volatile classmate Gordon Byron decide to steal Shelly's ashes and, in a romantic gesture, return them to the small Lake Erie island where her body washed up, but the journey proves more revealing and emotionally complicated than either of them had anticipated.

Discusses Lake Erie's geography, history, early inhabitants, important events, economy, and more.

Discusses the history, nautical stories, and industrial and social significance of Lake Erie.