4 days ago · “The situation that we are facing here on Lake Erie is that we have greater ice thickness than usual, so local ice breakers and local Coast Guard vessels don’t have the capability to break ice ...

2 days ago · The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay heads into Buffalo Harbor after spending the day breaking ice, Friday, Jan. 24, 2025, on Lake Erie around the lake freighter Manitoulin, which has been immobilized by thick lake ice since departing Buffalo on …

2 hours ago · CATAWBA ISLAND TOWNSHIP, Ohio — Four fishermen had to be rescued Tuesday from Lake Erie by the U.S. Coast Guard and local firefighters after they were stranded on an ice floe, authorities say.

6 hours ago · Coast Guard officials just after 6 p.m. confirmed the four people were rescued. An airboat sent from the Coast Guard’s Marblehead station rescued three of the victims, according to the Coast Guard.

2 days ago · BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A freighter is on the move after it was freed from ice that trapped it in a frozen Lake Erie for days, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The Manitoulin, a 663-foot (202-meter) Canadian ...

4 days ago · BUFFALO, N.Y. – A Canadian freighter became icebound in Lake Erie outside the Buffalo River breakwall while departing Buffalo, New York, requiring help from U.S. Coast Guard and Canadian Coast Guard cutters. The Coast Guard's ice-breaking tug Bristol Bay was dispatched Thursday to aid the 663-foot ...

Coast Guard Station Cleveland Harbor is situated on Lake Erie, along the old World War II era piers on East 9th St. in Cleveland, OH. The unit has been located at this site since 1976 and has been engaged in Search and Rescue efforts on the Great Lakes since the times of the U.S. Lifesaving Service dating back to 1875.

3 days ago · A Canadian cargo freighter carrying 17 crew members that had been wedged in ice on Lake Erie for three days amid a prolonged cold snap was dislodged on Saturday after the Coast Guards of both the ...

Jan 23, 2024 · CLEVELAND — The Coast Guard rescued nine people from an ice floe on Lake Erie, near Catawba Island, Monday. At 10:21 a.m., Coast Guard and local authorities responded to an initial report of more than 20 people on an ice floe a …

Jul 10, 2024 · The helicopter from the Coast Guard air station in Detroit rescued five people who were clinging to a cooler in Lake Erie waters about 10 miles (16 kilometers) off Ashtabula, Ohio after their 22-foot boat had been swamped by a wave, officials said.