As temperatures rise and winds pick up, rescue teams are issuing a warning about dangerous conditions on Lake Erie.

The U.S. Coast Guard has requested assistance from the Canadian Coast Guard. CCGS Samuel Risley, a 229-foot icebreaker, is on ...

The lake freighter Manitoulin is immobilized by thick ice in Lake Erie outside the Buffalo River breakwall as it awaits the arrival of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay which is en route from ...

The U.S. military is working to release a 660-foot Canadian freighter that got trapped in the thick ice on Lake Erie earlier this week. Seventeen people are aboard the Manitoulin, which initially ...

Ottawa County Sheriff Steve Levorchick estimated that a couple hundred fishermen were fishing off Catawba Island on the ice-covered Lake Erie on Friday.

A Canadian freighter with 17 people on board got stuck in the ice on Lake Erie while departing Buffalo, according to the Coast Guard, which arrived with icebreaking equipment Thursday to begin ...

A freighter was on its way to Canada on Sunday 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 ...

A freighter was on its way to Canada on Sunday 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 Canadian vessel ...

"We always watch the weather, whether it's ice fishing or out here on our boats," Cappelli said. "I mean, this is Lake Erie. It's the most treacherous lake in the world and you've got to respect it." ...

A Canadian freighter with 17 people on board got stuck in the ice on Lake Erie while departing Buffalo, according to the Coast Guard, which arrived with icebreaking equipment Thursday to begin ...