Lake Erie is owned by the state of Ohio. This was a dispute that went before the Ohio Supreme Court during 2011. The Justices ruled that the state of Ohio owns the lake and shore up to the highest normal part at high tide.
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Situated on the International Boundary between Canada and the United States, Lake Erie's northern shore is the Canadian province of Ontario, specifically the Ontario Peninsula, with the U.S. states of Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York on its western, southern, and eastern shores.
Lake Erie, fourth largest of the five Great Lakes of North America. It forms the boundary between Canada (Ontario) to the north and the United States (Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York) to the west, south, and east.
The water in the Great Lakes is owned by the general public according to the Public Trust Doctrine. The Public Trust Doctrine is an international legal theory – it applies in both Canada and the United States, so it applies to the entirety of the Great Lakes.
Since the State owns up to the high-water line, it holds these properties as a public trust, giving the general public the right to use everything below that high point.
The lake is located at the border between the United States and Canada, and is shared by the American states of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan and the Canadian province of Ontario.
Lake Michigan, the third largest by surface area (22,300 square miles) and second largest by volume (1,180 cubic miles), is the only Great Lake located entirely within the United States.
Lake Superior is the Cleanest and Clearest Great LakeBecause of its somewhat isolated location and long cold winters, not much farming is done along Superior's shores. This means lower amounts of nutrients, sediments, and organic material are floating around the lake.
The Justices ruled that the state of Ohio owns the lake and shore up to the highest normal part at high tide. The land has to be maintained and protected by the state and is held in trust for the citizens of the state to enjoy.
The lake was also an important strategic defense because of possible British invasion from the North. The Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River offered avenues of assault if the British controlled them, making Lake Erie a vital link in America's plans to win the war.
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.
State of Ohio. I was on hand representing NWF and the Ohio Environmental Council, joining with the Ohio Attorney General in explaining that the state owns Lake Erie in permanent trust for the public.