Ground being leveled for the new campground near the Captain John E Lampe Marina on the Erie PA Bayfront.

One of the many picnic tables along the bayfront in Erie. Tree lined Presque Isle State Park in the background.

The new gates at Bay Harbor Marina in Erie PA.

Boats waiting to be put in Lake Erie.

Lake Erie on a calm morning. The long dormant smoke stacks of Hammermill Paper in the background.

Erie Bayfront in early Spring. Some boat in the water and some still covered with blue or white shrink wrap.

Erie Water Authority Erie Waterworks.

A lone boat coming through the channel from Lake Erie to Presque Isle Bay.

US Border Parol boat cruising the channel in front of the Erie PA US Coast Guard Station.

Erie PA Bayfront taken from the Parade Street dock.

View of the Erie Bayfront and Presque Isle Bay taken from the foot of Parade Street.

View from Dobbins Landing of the Erie Fire Department conducting training.

Perfect Summer day with the Erie Fire Department conducting a training exercise on Presque Isle Bay.

The Erie Fire Department conducting a training exercise on Presque Isle Bay.

A Spring snowstorm in Erie PA. Taken April 3, 2005.

The Tom Ridge Center at Presque Isle State Park.

View down (the direction is actually NNW) Davison Ave at the 4200 block in Erie, PA of the ice on both Presque Isle Bay and Lake Erie.

Snow and ice on my sidewalk and lawn. Now look across the street - nothing.

Stalagmites of ice on Presque Isle Bay.

Driftwood log frozen in place by ice dunes on a beach at Presque Isle State Park.

Ice dunes on a beach of Presque Isle State Park.

Ice fishing huts on Presque Isle Bay.

The Victorian Princess cruise boat with the Port of Erie Bicentennial Tower in the background.

Presque Isle North Pier Lighthouse, a 30 foot black and white steel tower, located on Presque Isle State Park.

South Pier of the Presque Isle Channel. The channel connects Lake Erie to Presquse Isle Bay.

Houseboats on Presque Isle State Park.

Beach 11 at Presque Isle State Park.

View from the North Pier toward Beach 11 on Presque Isle State Park. The shallow, sandy spot is popular with boaters.

Presque Isle North Pier Lighthouse, a 30 foot black and white steel tower, located on Presque Isle State Park.

Sunset Point area, located between Beach 9 and Beach 10, on Presque Isle State Park.

Beach 11 at Presque Isle State Park.

Gannon University Old Main located at 6th and Peach Streets, built in 1893 by Charles Hamot Strong. It was purchased by Bishop John Mark Gannon in 1923 to establish a college in the CIty of Erie.

This building was formerly the main building of the Erie County Library. It is now part of the Erie Federal Courthouse Complex.The complex consists of the historic Erie Federal Building, the former Erie County Public Library, the historic Isaac Baker building and an atrium that ties the buildings together.

"McPhibi 'n Fries" by artists Joey Grego and Gretchen Petrarca is located at the McDonald's at Fifth and State Streets. It's one of 105 fiberglass frogs around the city for the 2004 outdoor art project called Leap Frog (The Lake Erie Art Project).

The Victorian Princess cruise boat and the Port of Erie Bicentennial Tower.

The 187-foot tall Bicentennial Tower on Dobbins Landing.

The Pepsi Amphitheater at Liberty Park on the Erie, PA Bayfront. Presque Isle State Park is across the bay.

The Erie Land Lighthouse. The 49 foot tall sandstone lighthouse was completed in 1869. It hasn't been used as a lighthouse since 1881.
It's located in Dunn Park on Lighthouse Street in Erie, PA. You can see the Presque Isle North Pier Lighthouse from this location.

Shoreline of Lake Erie taken from Lakeside Drive in Erie PA. At this spot, it's about a 50 foot drop from the bluff to the lake.

Presque Isle North Pier Lighthouse on Presque Isle State Park taken from the opposite side of the channel that connects Lake Erie to Presque Isle Bay and Erie PA.

Presque Isle North Pier Lighthouse at the head of the channel leading from Lake Erie to Presque Isle Bay.

Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission giving a citation to a No Wake violator .

Erie Passenger Ferry and Cruise Boat Terminal located on the Holland Street Pier.

Flagship Niagara

The Russian Orthodox Church of the Nativity.

Bay Harbor Marina and Jr's On the Bay Restaurant and Bar.

Erie Bayfront

Flagship Niagara

Flagship Niagara

Koehler Brewery taken around it's closing in the late 1970's. Demolition will take place over this Winter. Koehler Brewery Square will take it's place with construction to begin in the Spring on 2006. The first new building will up and occupied by Spring of 2007.