TravelLIVE - travel stories, resources and guides for travels within the US, Canada and Abroad. United States Travel Marblehead Lighthouse guards the channel between the peninsula and Kelleys Island on Lake Erie. Lake Erie, oldest and shallowest of the Great Lakes, adds new dimension to the state of Ohio. Once disgracefully polluted, reborn Erie floods visitors with marine recreation and sport fishing choices.
Lighthouses stand guard, ferry boats voyage to the offshore islands, walleye lure fishermen.
With a third of Lake Erie within Ohio's boundaries, its waves lap 262 miles of Buckeye shoreline. Everyone benefits from nautical fun anchored on Ohio's north coast. Kelleys Island bed and breakfasts tend to be modest Victorian houses. From docks at Port Clinton and Sandusky, ferries head out for Lake Erie Islands. Two thousand-acre Kelleys Island is Erie's largest American island.