The first walk across Lake Erie from Erie to Canada was reported to be in 1912, when a 19-year-old North East man crossed the frozen lake. "It had never been done before," the Erie Times-News said ...

On the bicentennial of the September 10 Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812, the U.S. Postal Service issues a stamp commemorating that U.S. victory over the British, depicting Navy Master ...

The United States Postal Service will commemorate the 200 th anniversary of the Battle of Lake Eire, a decisive victory for the United States in the War of 1812, with a special forever stamp.

The first Battle for Lake Erie occurred during the War of 1812. We will celebrate its 200th anniversary next year. But we will have little to celebrate about if things continue as they are.

The Battle of Lake Erie We were floundering in the War of 1812 when young Captain Perry delivered the winning motto, “Don’t Give Up The Ship” ...

VERMILION, Ohio -- Researchers want to know whether the bottom of Lake Erie is littered with cannonballs and other ammunition from a pivotal naval battle that was part of the War of 1812.

Mark Duncan/Associated Press Billy Campbell, from Charlottesville, Va., portrays Oliver Hazard Perry during a 200th anniversary re-enactment of the Battle of Lake Erie off Put-in-Bay on Monday.

Around 2,000 pleasure craft surrounded the tall ships at the re-enactment of the Battle of Lake Erie on Labor Day weekend. The U.S. Brig Niagara can be seen in the far back.

I'm Steve Inskeep with congratulations to the U.S. Navy, which won the battle of Lake Erie - again. Sailing ships re-enacted the victory over the British 200 ago during the War of 1812.

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 ...