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Map showing Lake Erie and its surrounding region, including parts of the United States and Canada. The map details major cities such as Cleveland, Buffalo, Toledo, and Detroit in the U.S., and Windsor, London, and Hamilton in Canada, as well as nearby lakes, bays, islands, and water depths. Lake Erie Lake Erie: algal bloom Battle of Lake Erie Conneaut Map showing the Great Lakes-Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario-along with their surrounding drainage basin, depth variations indicated by shading, and major nearby cities in both the United States and Canada. State, provincial, and international boundaries are marked, and a small locator globe at the bottom left highlights the region's position in North America.
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Are You Smarter Than a 1912 Middle Schooler? Quiz
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Water and its Varying Forms
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Unknown Waters

Lake Erie: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Added map. Jul 17, 2026
Deleted Web site: West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection - Ephemeroptera (PDF). Apr 11, 2025
Add new Web site: West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection - Ephemeroptera (PDF). Apr 10, 2025
Add new Web site: Official Site of the Lake Erie Foundation. Jan 11, 2025
Add new Web site: Great Lakes Guide - Lake Erie. Aug 04, 2023
Add new Web site: New York Sea Grant - Lake Erie. Jun 10, 2023
Map added. Apr 17, 2023
Add new Web site: World Lake Database - Lake Erie. Feb 18, 2023
Corrected display issue. Feb 20, 2019
Add new Web site: United States Environmental Protection Agency - Lake Erie. Feb 14, 2019
Add new Web site: LiveScience - Lake Erie Facts. Feb 14, 2019
Add new Web site: Great Lakes Information Network - Lake Erie. Oct 12, 2017
Add new Web site: Lakepedia - Lake Erie: The Tenth Largest Freshwater Lake In The World. Oct 12, 2017
Added photograph. Jul 02, 2015
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Geography - Geography of Lake Erie. Jul 25, 2008
Loyalist lowercased. Aug 08, 2006
Article revised and updated. Aug 08, 2006
Article added to new online database. May 27, 1999
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