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

The Revolutionary War hero visited Erie in 1825 as part of a 13-month, 6,000-mile tour of the young United States.

The Battle of Lake Erie took place off the north shore on Sept. 10, 1813, according to the National Park Service. At dawn, a U.S. Navy lookout spotted six British vessels to the northwest of Put ...