Erie

Lake Erie is known for seiches, especially when strong winds blow from southwest to northeast. In 1844, a 22-foot seiche breached a 14-foot-high sea wall killing 78 people and damming the ice to the extent that Niagara Falls temporarily stopped flowing.

NOAA-supported scientists on Tuesday reported that this year’s “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico is larger than originally predicted, at more than 16,000-square kilometers, or about the surface area of Lake Ontario and Lake Erie combined.

I love to swim in Lake Erie.

My aunt and uncle have a boat on Lake Erie.

Cleveland is on Lake Erie.

The American Great Lakes are Ontario, Erie, Michigan, Huron, and Superior.