Lake Erie, one of the region's five Great Lakes, lies on the southeast coast of Michigan. Here's what to know.

The War of 1812 was the first war the new United States ... In 1813, he was given command of a fleet of ships that was being built on Lake Erie. His task: break the British stranglehold in the ...

who posted about the feat on his Battle of Lake Erie Facebook page. Daniel Dobbins and Commodore Jesse Elliott walked across the lake in the winter of 1813-14, according to Dobbins' recollections ...

The Revolutionary War hero visited Erie in 1825 as part of a 13-month, 6,000-mile tour of the young United States.

In September 1814 on the waters of Lake Champlain, American sailors won an improbable victory that not only turned back the largest British invasion force of the War of 1812 but also helped secure ...

American military heroics on the lake during the War of 1812 played a key role in shaping ... fisheries," Pure Michigan says. The Battle of Lake Erie took place off the north shore on Sept.

Daniel Dobbins and Jesse Elliott, key figures in the War of 1812, apparently crossed the ... who posted about the feat on his Battle of Lake Erie Facebook page. Daniel Dobbins and Commodore ...