The Battle of Lake Erie of the War of 1812 was decided in 1813 just off of the shore of South Bass Island, but the war continued until 1815. The British fleet and the US fleet were both commanded by 27 year olds, I think of them as kids, but the life expectancy in these times was not as long as now.
The US captured the British forces on Lake Erie, and had the Memorial been in place at that time, the battle could have been viewed from the observation platform. I have often wished that I could remember more of the history stuff from school. The monument as seen from the Museum. The Monument is 352 feet tall, and was completed in 1915.
In the auditorium, Anne-Marie and I viewed the movie about the war of 1812, and the effect of the battle of Lake Erie on the war, before we toured the Museum. This museum was only one room, but there was a lot to absorb. The models of the ships were very well done, and they had a very large display of the ships in battle on the lake, about 8X12 feet. Artifacts recovered from the lake bottom were displayed along with a few replicas of what one looked like at the time.
Cannons were displayed around town, and here in the museum. This display show some of the things that were shot out of the cannons at each other.
The Monument is incredibly tall, and the picture from the front steps just don’t show it well. The view from my camera looking down at the front steps. The ledge on the observation deck was too high and too wide to look directly over to the ground, and I had to stretch to blindly point my camera to get this view.
This view shows the bay and the town, and off in the distance is where the battle of Lake Erie took place.
The first picture show the park grounds, and the walkway on the right lead up to the Museum. The second picture is looking sort of north to Middle Bass Island in the distance. The height of the observation deck makes these pictures look as if they were taken from an aircraft.
Anne-Marie and I decided to have an early dinner on the island before taking the boat back to the mainland. This restaurant was right next to the ferry dock, and it was a hopping place. We had a table on the deck, and there was entertainment of the steel drum played along to prerecorded music, and he was quite good.
A wide view of the deck and the water, from our table. This was really a nice place, and the weather was just right for being in the shade, on the deck, for dinner.
A view of the Monument from the Restaurant. When we were across the water on Kelleys Island, this looked like a really tall lighthouse, , it is a real standout Monument.
A last look at the Put-In-Bay dock, and the helm of the Captain, this looks like a airplane cockpit.
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