Erie, Lake, the fourth in size among the giant lakes of North America, lies between Lakes Huron and Ontario, on the Canadian border, is 240 m. long and varies from 30 to 60 m. in breadth; is very shallow, and difficult to navigate; ice-bound from December till about April.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Ericsson, John * Erigena, Johannes Scotus