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 ...

Reconnaissance walks during War of 1812 Daniel Dobbins and Commodore Jesse Elliott walked across the lake in the winter of 1813-14, according to Dobbins' recollections in a letter to Elliott ...

It covers everything from the War of 1812 to the mural on the second floor of Dobbins Landing. “The inspiration is that I’ve been a walker and a runner, and I come downtown all the time.

They stood together Wednesday behind the podium at the Buffalo History Museum, military interpreters entering their third year of celebrating the bicentennial of the War of 1812. Already, Guy ...

Key battle in War of 1812. The Battle of Lake Erie took place off the north shore on Sept. 10, 1813, according to the National Park Service. At dawn, ...

That war gave us our national anthem and a stable border with Canada, but otherwise, not much is remembered about that conflict nowadays. This changed… Remembering A 'Brave,' 'Lucky' Hero In The ...

But the Niagara, a wooden reproduction of the ship that helped win the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812, won't be able to sail in this year's festival to be held Aug. 21-24.

This year marks the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812, one of whose epic battles inspired the United States national anthem. Although war—which featured the U.S. invasion of Ontario and the ...