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26 Ιουν 2024 · Yes, Lake Erie is primarily fed by the Detroit River (from Lake Huron and Lake St. Clair) and drains via the Niagara River into Lake Ontario. Navigation downstream is provided by the Welland Canal, part of the Saint Lawrence Seaway.
The river, which forms part of the border between the U.S. state of Michigan and the Canadian province of Ontario, flows west and south for 24 nautical miles (44 km; 28 mi) from Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie as a strait in the Great Lakes system.
21 Ιουν 2024 · Approximately 80 percent of Lake Erie’s water flows in from the Detroit River. What two bodies of water were connected by Erie? The Erie Canal is a 363-mile waterway that connects the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean via the Hudson River in upstate New York.
26 Ιουλ 2015 · In 1908, a steam shovel and pneumatic drills are used on a massive project to widen and deepen the 12-mile Livingstone channel in the lower Detroit River, leading into Lake Erie.
17 Ιουν 2024 · Lake Erie is connected to several major rivers and bays including the Detroit River, St. Clair River, and Niagara River. The Welland Canal, part of the Saint Lawrence Seaway, provides navigation downstream.
29 Οκτ 2019 · The Detroit River, which flows into the western basin, is considered to be a connecting channel between Lake Huron and Lake Erie and not a true tributary to the lake. It brings in 94% of the flow into the western basin.
See “Lake Whitefish and Lake Herring Fisheries in the Detroit River – A History” (Todd, 2006) for an in depth historical look at this early fishery. Channelization of the river also created changes in river hydrology including flow into western Lake Erie.
