Lake Erie seen from the ISS. Location of Lake Erie in North America. Lake Perch fish and Lake Saint Clair bathymetry map.

1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. Great Lakes in North America and the eleventh-largest globally. Situated below Lake Huron, Erie’s primary inlet is the Detroit River. The main natural outflow from the lake is via the Niagara River, which provides hydroelectric power to Canada and the U. In a tug of war against the waves, the two were finally hauled out by rope.

After being trapped for an hour-and-a-half, Baker was back on dry land, exhausted and battered but alive. Niagara River and Niagara Falls into Lake Ontario. Navigation downstream is provided by the Welland Canal, part of the Saint Lawrence Seaway. Point Pelee National Park, the southernmost point of the Canadian mainland, is located on a peninsula extending into the lake. 13 in Canada, 18 in the U. The largest of these is Pelee Island. Lake Erie has a lake retention time of 2.

6 years, the shortest of all the Great Lakes. In the summer of 1986, Lake Erie reached its highest level at 5. The high water records were set from April 1986 through January 1987. In the winter of 1934, Lake Erie reached its lowest level at 1. Monthly low water records were set from July 1934 through June 1935.

During this twelve-month period water levels ranged from 1. Lake Erie was carved out by glacier ice and in its current form is less than 4,000 years old, which is a short span in geological terms. Before this, the land on which the lake now sits went through several complex stages. As many as three glaciers advanced and retreated over the land, causing temporary lakes to form in the time periods in between each of them.