“Lake Erie has an average depth of about 62 feet and a maximum depth of 210 feet, according to the Great Lakes Commission.

Hot weather equals harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie and Presque Isle Bay. They’re caused when the nutrients from agricultural runoff combine with warmer water. Another Erie Co. mosquito ...

Lake Erie ice-coverage continues to increase and it's now at 91 percent. Lake Erie has the highest ice-coverage since January 2022. Still enough open water for some lake effect snow.

The National Weather Service reports that Lake Erie is roughly 70% frozen over. Ice thickness varies between 2 and 12 inches depending on location.

For the lake to freeze, temperatures need to be consistently cold, so the surface temperature of Lake Erie can drop to the mid-30s.

William C. Sterling State Park runs along a mile of the Lake Erie shoreline in southeast Michigan. The park is Michigan's only state park on the Lake Erie coast. Visitors can camp, hunt, fish and ...

Lake Erie, one of the region's five Great Lakes, lies on the southeast coast of Michigan. Here's what to know.

TOLEDO, OH — A new study of Lake Erie beach sand shows that toxins deposited on the shoreline by annual summer algae blooms can stick around for a while. According to a new study in the Journal ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — A harmful algal bloom started developing on Lake Erie in July as temperatures climbed and phosphorous runoff and nutrient levels increased in the water. Several weeks of algae ...

Expert angler and fly tyer Joseph Griesbaum explains how you can catch steelhead in Erie, Pennsylvania this fall winter.

Steven Haller remembers the look of fear on people’s faces when toxic algae in Lake Erie made it into his community’s water supply 10 years ago, shutting it down for two days. Since the… ...

Research has shown that toxins from lake bacteria, called microcystin, can make animals and people sick when they come into contact with infected water.