Today, there is little evidence of this busy time. Oil Creek is a great place to ride a bike , hike , stream fish , backpack camp , or learn about this important time in our nation's history. Click the photo to enlarge it. This very popular park is a giant sandbar that stretches out into Lake Erie. The American Indians of the area thought of the park as a sheltering arm that protected them from lake storms.
Scientists think of the park as a laboratory and a sanctuary for rare animals and plants.
Many park visitors think of Presque Isle as a great place to swim, bicycle, hike, bird watch, boat and cross-country ski. I think of Presque as a great place to take photographs. Luckily I brought an extra case of film. Click the photo to enlarge it. No, this is not a photo of the ocean, this is Presque Isle where Lake Erie provides the only surf swimming in Pennsylvania.