Erie
Southernmost Great Lake
Erie names one of the Great Lakes—the fourth largest by surface area, the shallowest, and the southernmost.
It borders four U.S. states and Ontario.
Erie is also a city in northwestern Pennsylvania on the lake's shore, and the name of a Native American people who once lived in the region.
We drove up to Erie for the weekend. (Lowercase eerie means strange or unsettling.)
Five connected inland seas
- OntarioCanada's most populous province
- HuronGreat Lake or tribe
- MichiganNorthern Great Lakes state
- SuperiorNorthernmost Great Lake
Buffalo · Cleveland · Toledo · Pennsylvania · Ohio · New York · canal · shallow
Northeastern founding colony state
- portDocking place for ships
- Rust BeltPost-industrial American heartland
- manufacturingIndustrial product creation
- lakefrontShore of inland water
bayfront · Great Lakes · downtown · harbor · industrial · maritime · shipbuilding · railroad
Eerily beyond normal
- spookyUnsettlingly strange
- unsettlingCausing unease or discomfort
- strangeUnusual or unfamiliar
- creepyDisturbingly strange
mysterious · haunting · ominous · supernatural · ghostly · weird · unnerving · chilling
Great Lakes
Five connected inland seas
Superior · Buffalo · Cleveland · Toledo · Pennsylvania · Ohio · New York · canal · shallow · walleye
Pennsylvania
Northeastern founding colony state
- portDocking place for ships
- Rust BeltPost-industrial American heartland
- manufacturingIndustrial product creation
lakefront · bayfront · Great Lakes · downtown · harbor · industrial · maritime · shipbuilding · railroad
uncanny
Eerily beyond normal
- spookyUnsettlingly strange
- unsettlingCausing unease or discomfort
- strangeUnusual or unfamiliar
creepy · mysterious · haunting · ominous · supernatural · ghostly · weird · unnerving · chilling
New York
Northeastern metropolis and state
locks · towpath · barge · shipping · commerce · nineteenth century · Clinton · navigation · freight · mules
- lakesLake Michigan, Great Lakes, Lake Superior, Lake Tahoe, Superior
- Indigenous NamesAlabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Chicago
- PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pittsburgh, Lancaster, Harrisburg, Altoona
- Erie RegionNorth East, Fairview, Waterford, McKean, Greene
- Native AmericansCherokee, Apache, Navajo, Sioux, Mohawk
- Eastern TribesLenape, Iroquois, Delaware, Mohawk, Seneca