In September 1829, the 47-foot schooner Lake Serpent left Cleveland, Ohio, for the Lake Erie Islands. After making the 55-mile trip, the ship's crew collected limestone from the island to bring ...

Twenty-seven people died as a result of the wreck, and what happened is only known because of its lone survivor.

Disaster on Lake Erie is a recent addition to the local history collections of the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library. Oickle tells the story of the steamship Erie, one of the fastest and most ...

One man is using his first-hand experience to inform students about the dangers of swimming on open waters, like Lake Erie. 31,170 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can you solve it ...

HARRISBURG — President Joe Biden’s administration took the first step Thursday toward designating the Pennsylvania-owned section of Lake Erie as the state’s first national marine sanctuary.

A historic all-steel ship that broke records as it cruised the Great Lakes but came to a tragic end has been found more than 100 years after it sank, researchers announced this week. The vessel ...