Editing Lake Erie (section)

====Islands====
[[File:Alvar4.jpg|thumb|right|upright|[[Alvar]] habitat on [[Kelleys Island, Ohio|Kelleys Island]]. [[South Bass Island]] visible in distance.]]

Lake Erie islands tend to be in the westernmost part of the lake and have different characters. Some of them include:
*Kelleys Island has activities such as beach lounging, hiking, biking, and viewing the deep [[Glacial striation|glacial grooves]] in the [[bedrock]] [[limestone]].<ref name=twsX21a/>
*Pelee Island is reached by ferry from Leamington, Ontario, or by plane or ferry in [[Sandusky, Ohio]], and is the largest of the Lake Erie islands.<ref name=twsX18/> The island has a unique ecosystem with plants rarely found in Canada such as wild hyacinth, yellow horse gentian, and prickly pear cactus.<ref name=twsX18/> There are two endangered snakes including the blue racer and the Lake Erie water snake. Songbirds migrate there in spring, and monarch butterflies stop over during the fall.<ref name=twsX18/>
*[[South Bass Island]] has the island-village of [[Put-in-Bay, Ohio]].<ref name=twsX21a>{{cite news
 |author       = Josh Noel
 |title        = A tale of 2 Lake Erie islands
 |newspaper    = Chicago Tribune
 |date         = August 30, 2009
 |url          = https://www.chicagotribune.com/2009/08/30/a-tale-of-2-islands/
 |access-date  = January 24, 2011
 |archive-date = December 4, 2011
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20111204135349/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2009-08-30/travel/0908270279_1_lake-erie-kelleys-island-south-bass-island
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref> It has been described as a party island with scenic rocky cliffs with a year-round population in the hundreds that grows during summer.<ref name=twsX21a/>