This place is about three leagues from the mouth of Lake Sandusky, where it disembogues itself into Lake Erie. |
The marsh supports American toads, midland painted turtles, Blanding's turtles, snapping turtles, and Lake Erie water snakes. |
The Lake Erie water snake is a nonvenomous snake that lives only on the islands and in the waters of the western Lake Erie basin. |
It had not seen regular use since the days when the Erie Railroad had its railhead above us in the area now occupied by the Newport development. |
The Toe to Tow Marathon is a fall classic that follows the path where mules once pulled barges along the Erie Canal. |
There they await favorable winds and temperatures before crossing Lake Erie and continuing on to overwinter sites in Mexico. |