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It was another night full of Northern Lights — and this scene was captured in the Cleveland neighborhood of Collinwood b...
11/13/2025

It was another night full of Northern Lights — and this scene was captured in the Cleveland neighborhood of Collinwood by one of the best Aurora Borealis chasers, Matt Shiffler Photography.

🔗 Read more at www.LakeErieLiving.com/northernlights.

The first snowfall of the season has hit in Western New York — and was captured beautifully by Jeff Perry of WNYScenery....
11/12/2025

The first snowfall of the season has hit in Western New York — and was captured beautifully by Jeff Perry of WNYScenery.

50 years ago today the Edmund Fitzgerald sank to the bottom of Lake Superior during a fierce November storm, taking the ...
11/10/2025

50 years ago today the Edmund Fitzgerald sank to the bottom of Lake Superior during a fierce November storm, taking the lives of all 29 crew members. The ship, which was on its way to Detroit, remains the largest shipwreck on the Great Lakes

“To think that in 1975, a vessel of that size could go down was unheard of,” says Kate Fineske, executive director of the National Museum of the Great Lakes in Toledo, Ohio.

Here are the men of the Edmund Fitzgerald who lost their lives on Nov. 10, 1975:

Michael E. Armagost, 37, Iron River, Wisconsin

Fred J. Beetcher, 56, Superior, Wisconsin

Thomas D. Bentsen, 23, St. Joseph, Michigan

Edward F. Bindon 47, Fairport Harbor, Ohio

Thomas D. Borgeson, 41, Duluth, Minnesota

Oliver J. Champeau, 41, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

Nolan S. Church, 55, Silver Bay, Minnesota

Ransom E. Cundy, 53, Superior, Wisconsin

Thomas E. Edwards, 50, Oregon, Ohio

Russell G. Haskell, 40, Millbury, Ohio

George J. Holl, 60, Cabot, Pennsylvania

Bruce L. Hudson, 22, North Olmstead, Ohio

Allen G. Kalmon, 43, Washburn, Wisconsin

Gordon F. MacLellan, 30, Clearwater, Florida

Joseph W. Mazes, 57, Ashland, Wisconsin

John H. McCarthy, 62, Bay Village, Ohio

Ernest M. McSorley, 63, Toledo, Ohio

Eugene W. O’Brien, 50, Toledo, Ohio

Karl A. Peckol, 20, Ashtabula, Ohio

John J. Poviach, 59, Bradenton, Florida

James A. Pratt, 44, Lakewood, Ohio

Robert C. Rafferty, 62, Toledo, Ohio

Paul M. Riippa, 22, Ashtabula, Ohio

John D. Simmons, 62, Ashland, Ohio

William J. Spengler, 59, Toledo, Ohio

Mark A. Thomas, 21, Richmond Heights, Ohio

Ralph G. Walton, 58, Fremont, Ohio

David E. Weiss, 22, Agoura, California

Blaine H. Wilhelm, 52, Big Bay, Michigan

🔗 Read the full story at www.LakeErieLiving.com/fitzgerald.

Our Lake Erie Living Photo of the Week was captured by Gabe Leidy Photography in Lorain, Ohio."Have NEVER seen clouds th...
11/09/2025

Our Lake Erie Living Photo of the Week was captured by Gabe Leidy Photography in Lorain, Ohio.

"Have NEVER seen clouds that looked quite like these!" Leidy wrote. "This was a scene during this morning’s epic sunrise in Lorain, Ohio — where fall color is still hanging on in pockets.

"Afterward, I embarked on a 60-mile bike ride across Lorain Co. — starting & returning to Lake Erie. It’s been an interesting fall, with a refreshing rally in the latter-half of October, following drought-stricken conditions early on."

Monday, Nov. 10, will mark 50 years since the Edmund Fitzgerald sank, taking with it the lives of all 29 crew members ab...
11/08/2025

Monday, Nov. 10, will mark 50 years since the Edmund Fitzgerald sank, taking with it the lives of all 29 crew members aboard. The lead tugboat at the 1958 launch of the ship will be on permanent display in Toledo, Ohio, when the next phase of Metroparks Toledo's Glass City Riverwalk opens this spring thanks to a collaboration with National Museum of the Great Lakes.

🔗 Read more about the Edmund Fitzgerald and the tributes honoring it this weekend at www.LakeErieLiving.com/fitzgerald.

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Matt Shiffler Photography captured this brown pelican fishing in the waters of Lake Erie yesterday."An incredibly rare s...
11/07/2025

Matt Shiffler Photography captured this brown pelican fishing in the waters of Lake Erie yesterday.

"An incredibly rare sighting, seeing this Pelican fish the waters of Lake Erie was unique," Shiffler wrote in his post. "The dynamic of the Pelican flying in front of the Cleveland skyline was a fun photo to get.

This Pelican has been hanging around for a week now and hope he makes it back down to the south again soon before it gets too cold."

Nov. 10 marks 50 years since the Edmund Fitzgerald sank — and Gordon Lightfoot’s daughter will be performing the ballad ...
11/04/2025

Nov. 10 marks 50 years since the Edmund Fitzgerald sank — and Gordon Lightfoot’s daughter will be performing the ballad that memorializes the event — and the 29 lives lost.

❤️ On Sunday, Nov. 9, Lightfoot’s daughter Meredith Moon plans to sing “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” in concert at the Valentine Theater in Toledo, Ohio.

❤️ “Playing the song feels like a good way to help honor the story that I obviously grew up knowing a great deal about, thanks to my dad,” Moon says. “I’ll try to be his representative now that he can’t be there. On a spiritual level, it feels like something I have to do.

❤️ Lightfoot made it a point for the song to be historically accurate, even changing the lyrics in live performances after new information came to light.

❤️ At nearly six minutes long, it’s longer than songs that typically got radio airplay, and the subject matter didn’t seem conducive to a top-40 hit. But the song spent 21 weeks on the Billboard charts and remained a staple of Lightfoot’s live performances until his death in 2023.

🔗 Read the full story at the link in our Instagram bio or at www.LakeErieLiving.com/moon

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Taken by Gabe Leidy Photography just a few days ago on Kelleys Island, our Lake Erie Living Photo of the Week is a remin...
11/02/2025

Taken by Gabe Leidy Photography just a few days ago on Kelleys Island, our Lake Erie Living Photo of the Week is a reminder that a sunny day is never too far away.

"The lights are on but nobody's home."That's how our Lake Erie Living Photo of the Week, taken by of Instagram, was cap...
10/31/2025

"The lights are on but nobody's home."

That's how our Lake Erie Living Photo of the Week, taken by of Instagram, was captioned. We haven't seen the Marblehead Lighthouse captured quite like this before — and the shot feels just eerie enough for Halloween.

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