Our Greatest Lake: Interesting facts about Lake Erie

We all know Northern Ohio comes to an end once you run into Lake Erie. Some of us don’t do much with the lake at all, some of us occasionally play in the lake, and some of us live by or look at Lake Erie every single day.
Regardless of where you fall in that spectrum, I’ll bet the majority of us don’t know what makes our lake, well, great.
Let’s get to know our beautiful water source.
Lake Erie is the shallowest of Great Lakes with an average depth of 62 feet. Why is this important? Well, for one, this enables it to heat up quickly in the spring and early summer.
Water temperatures reach into the 70s during the summer months which turns Lake Erie into a popular recreational destination. From boating and sailing, to paddle boarding and jetskiing-there’s no shortage of water activities off our northern shores once it warms. Lake Erie is popular with sports fishermen and it boasts an extensive walleye fishery. Charter fishing boats also take tourists out to catch small mouth bass.
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[@calscottoh]

I have very fond memories of Lake Erie up until we moved away when I was 11.

[@MsMRkv]

Nice great lake.

[@DanTercelify]

Nice segment.

[@Wiseguy1408]

I was born & raised in Toledo and lived there from 1939 to 1961. At that time lake Erie was very badly polluted, but we went swimming in it anyway!

[@calscottoh]

Thank you for doing that.

[@ColoradoCarrolls]

I miss it.....at times

[@NathanBd-zw5pt]

So if i get in a boat, and head North, do i need a passport once i hit the halfway mark? Asking for a friend. Hi from FL ...

[@Wiseguy1408]

Not until you set foot on land.

[@ericpieper1704]

The greatest lake? I would have thought that you would have called Lake Superior

[@bertram46]

What a great video without any political slant. Neutral think about that producers

[@nimblenate]

Ohio's greatest lake?