Can you see Canada across Lake Erie?

The Canadian side of Lake Erie CLEVELAND, Ohio -- You can't see across Lake Erie to Canada. (Well, occasionally, on hot spring days a temperature inversion allows you to see a hazy image of land, 50 miles across the water.) So what's on the other side?



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50,000 years from now, at the present rate of erosion, the remaining 20 miles to Lake Erie will have been undermined.

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The Canadian side is where you get gorgeous panoramas of both the American Falls and the mighty Horseshoe Falls. It's definitely the more glamorous side of Niagara Falls. While you can't get right up to the American and Bridal Veil Falls, you can get right up to the brink of Horseshoe Falls.

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Dead Zones This stratification of lake water is due to the different densities of water with temperature change. The bacterial activity increases as dead algae and other materials settle to the bottom of the lake. Since the hypolimnion is much smaller than the upper layers, the oxygen can be depleted during the summer.

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Currents in Lake Erie can be dangerous! Any current flowing faster than 2 mph is considered dangerous. Dangerous currents can exceed 5 mph — faster than an Olympic swimmer can swim.

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At 1,943 feet (592 meters), Crater Lake is the deepest lake in the United States and one of the deepest in the world. The depths were first explored thoroughly in 1886 by a party from the U.S. Geological Survey.

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Traveling to Canada by Boat. PASSPORT REQUIREMENTS: As of June 1, 2009, all boaters 16 or older who cross the U.S. border into Canada and touch Canadian soil must carry a U.S. passport or NEXUS card. Children under 16 boating with their parents can travel with an original or copy of their birth certificate.

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Yes, the Great Lakes are large enough that you cannot see the shoreline from a boat in the middle of the lake. This is true for each of them.

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The St. Lawrence Seaway extends from Montreal to Lake Erie and includes the Welland Canal. It is this series of locks, canals and channels that links the Atlantic Ocean and St. Lawrence River to Lake Ontario and the four upper Great Lakes.

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