Lake Erie

Lake Erie

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hatcher, Harlan, 1898-1998
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Indianapolis, New York, The Bobbs-Merrill Company [1945]
Series:American lakes series.
Subjects:
Erie, Lake.
Érié, Lac.
Lake Erie.
Eriesee
Eriesee.
Table of Contents:
  • The lake
  • Shifting shore lines
  • Discovery and first sails
  • Gateway forts
  • Three flags over Detroit
  • Settlements
  • September 10, 1813
  • Epilogue to Perry's victory
  • Talbot and the north shore
  • South shore and Walk-in-the-Water
  • Canals through the barriers
  • Steamers
  • Sloops, brigs and schooners
  • Beacons
  • Storms and hazards
  • Mid-century cities
  • Dart's buckets
  • Underground to Ontario
  • Johnson's Island
  • Round many western islands
  • Grape juice and Lake Erie wineries
  • Fishing grounds
  • Wedding of coal and iron
  • Cleveland iron men
  • Lake Erie and the Sault
  • Bothwell, Brown and Hulett
  • Building the ore fleet
  • Aboard a lake freighter
  • Down Lake St. Clair and the Detroit River
  • Ships for World War II
  • The Canadian shore
  • Along the south shore.