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We all know Northern Ohio comes to an end once you run into Lake Erie. Some of us don’t do much with the lake at all, some of us occasionally play in the lake, and some of us live by or look at Lake Erie every single day.
Regardless of where you fall in that spectrum, I’ll bet the majority of us don’t know what makes our lake, well, great.
Let’s get to know our beautiful water source.
Lake Erie is the shallowest of Great Lakes with an average depth of 62 feet. Why is this important? Well, for one, this enables it to heat up quickly in the spring and early summer.
Water temperatures reach into the 70s during the summer months which turns Lake Erie into a popular recreational destination. From boating and sailing, to paddle boarding and jetskiing-there’s no shortage of water activities off our northern shores once it warms. Lake Erie is popular with sports fishermen and it boasts an extensive walleye fishery. Charter fishing boats also take tourists out to catch small mouth bass.
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