Douglas Brinkley speech will help launch the Ohio State Parks Foundation's new "History in the Parks" initiative.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A treacherous lake, sunken ships, fish and science come together in a new exhibit at the Tom Ridge Environmental Center.

Lake Erie Lights of Pennsylvania invited the community to celebrate Erie’s maritime history this weekend at the Land ...

A photo of the Mohawk Island lighthouse on Lake Erie shows the isolation that the lighthouse keeper experienced during his time at the lighthouse during the talk Erie Lights & Lighthouse Lore on ...

Two of the signs -- Wreck of the Craftsman and Wreck of the John Pridgeon Jr. -- detail two shipwrecks near the Avon Lake shoreline. The Lake Erie sign offers educational information about the Great ...

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 ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – When Jennifer Boresz Engelking was in seventh grade she found herself fascinated by local historical lore about a shipwreck. “I found a paper I wrote from seventh grade and it ...

Lake Erie borders the southeastern tip of Michigan's Lower Peninsula. A state park features camping, fishing and sandy beaches. Several historic lighthouses line Michigan's coast overlooking Lake Erie ...

A preview reception will be held Aug. 23, with tickets costing $50 to benefit the involved organizations. The exhibit will be open daily through Oct. 31 and then on a reduced schedule through Nov. 30.