Erie synonyms

With the help of a strong detachment of officers and men from the Atlantic coast he equipped a squadron consisting of one brig, six fine schooners and one sloop. Other vessels were laid down at Presque Isle (now Erie), where he concentrated the Lake Erie fleet in July.

Commercial fishing is important only in Lake Erie.

The township is served, at Alfred station, by the Erie railway.

The opening of the Erie Canal in 1825 contributed greatly to Troy's commercial importance.

The most valuable fish taken was walleyed pike, and the catch of this fish and of pickerel from Lake Champlain in 1902 exceeded in value that from any other body of fresh water in the United States excepting Lake Huron and Lake Erie.