The first known lake walk was in 1912 when a 19-year-old night watchman walked from North East to Long Point, Ontario.

Cold air. Proper bouts of snow. And Lake Erie is mostly iced over. As of Feb. 18, 2025 Lake Erie is 94.78% iced over (scroll down to see a satellite picture of the Lake). This is stark change to ...

Lake Erie ice coverage has increased by 35-40% since mid January when the lake was only partially frozen over. Now with recent freezing temperatures and more snowy conditions, Lake Erie is roughly ...

CATAWBA ISLAND, Ohio (WJW) — The U.S. Coast Guard 9th District was called to rescue at least four people trapped on the ice on Lake Erie on Tuesday afternoon. The call came just after 4:30 p.m ...

The U.S. military is working to release a 660-foot Canadian freighter that got trapped in the thick ice on Lake Erie earlier this ... It got caught near Buffalo, New York's shoreline, on its ...

LAKE ERIE - A day after a U.S. Coast Guard cutter arrived to break a cargo-hauling freighter free from the snow and ice that encased it, the 663-foot Manitoulin remained stuck late Friday.

Even though the lake is often to blame when the region sees a big dose of snow, that wasn’t the case this time.

A Canadian freighter with 17 people on board got stuck in the ice on Lake Erie while departing Buffalo, according to the Coast Guard, which arrived with icebreaking equipment Thursday to begin ...

The freighter that got trapped in thick ice on Lake Erie on Wednesday and remained stuck through Saturday is now on the move, the Coast Guard reported. The Manitoulin is underway at a speed of 7 ...

The Manitoulin, a 663-foot (202-meter) Canadian vessel with 17 people on board, got stuck in the ice on Lake Erie on Wednesday after it dropped off a load of wheat in Buffalo, New York ...