Eastern Erie Basin

The eastern basin is the deepest part of Lake Erie, extending from the long sandy peninsula of Long Point towards the lake's outlet. Its waters feed the Niagara River and descend over Niagara Falls on their way to Lake Ontario. Though Erie is the shallowest of the Great Lakes as a whole, the eastern basin is markedly deeper than its western and central neighbours. Wooded and sandy shores border the lake on either side.