The U.S. Coast Guard says a freighter is on the move after it was freed from ice that trapped it in frozen Lake Erie for days. The Manitoulin, a 663-foot Canadian vessel with 17 people on board ...

Earlier in February, Lake Erie was 95% frozen over. For February, Lake Erie is above the historical average for ice coverage recorded at above 60%. Lake Erie sees some thaw.

A 1912 article in the Erie Times-News reported the first walk across a frozen Lake Erie. But the first crossing actually seems to have been a century earlier. Daniel Dobbins and Jesse Elliott, key ...

The first known crossing of the frozen lake, to Long Point, Ontario, was in 1912. The last known crossing was in 1978, when three local men walked from Long Point to North East.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A freighter was on its way to Canada on Sunday after it was freed from ice that trapped it in a frozen Lake Erie for days, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The Manitoulin, a 663-foot ...