Daniel Dobbins and Jesse Elliott, key figures in the War of 1812, apparently crossed the frozen lake in the winter of 1813-14. The first walk across Lake Erie from Erie to Canada was reported to ...

It’s 19 degrees with a brisk wind blowing off Lake Erie as the men of Lacroix ... Indeed, the U.S. war plan began with a land invasion—of Canada. By occupying land north of the border, Hawks ...

In other words, Lake Erie and the Niagara Peninsula came under the control of the victors, eliminating the possibility of an enemy invasion from that point and ensuring the safety of Ohio, ...

Two months ago, the idea that the United States posed a military threat to Canada was unthinkable ... especially amid an unpredictable trade war. But an American invasion is highly unlikely.

The Americans launched a three-pronged invasion—across the Detroit River and the Niagara River, and at Lake Champlain ... of the war was widely commemorated in Canada through museum exhibits ...

The first walk across Lake Erie from Erie to Canada was reported to be in 1912, when a 19-year-old North East man crossed the frozen lake. "It had never been done before," the Erie Times-News said ...