Lake Five archive · No. 16
Five questions about Lake Erie and Cleveland’s waterfront. Tap an answer; the explanation and source open underneath.
Answer: The greatest loss of life on the Great Lakes
Estimates of the dead run from about 240 to nearly 290, many of them immigrants. It ran aground about half a mile from shore.
Source: Wikipedia: SS G. P. Griffith
Answer: Captain James Lawrence
Captain James Lawrence, Perry's friend, said them as he died commanding USS Chesapeake in June 1813. Perry's flagship was named Lawrence.
Source: American Battlefield Trust: Standing Tall on Lake Erie
Answer: About 871 miles
EPA puts Lake Erie's shoreline, islands included, at about 871 miles (1,402 km).
Answer: The carved archway entrance
The archway, named a Cleveland landmark in 1973, is the only feature of the park still on the site.
Source: Encyclopedia of Cleveland History: Euclid Beach Park
Answer: Glacial grooves carved into limestone
Its glacial grooves, scraped by ice more than 14,000 years ago, are called the largest easily accessible grooves in the world.
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