East Toledo in Lucas County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
A Life Force
Photographed by Craig Doda, June 17, 2022
1. A Life Force Marker
Inscription.
A Life Force. . The bounty of the Great Lakes has drawn people to these shores for at least 10,000 years. The area's first inhabitants were North American Indians and their ancestors, who hunted for food and fur, farmed the land, and fished the waters. Europeans arrived in 1615; for the next 200 years they traded goods with the North American Indians, claimed lands for their home countries, and built empires out of beaver furs while exploring and building waterways to transport goods back to the East Coast and across the ocean. As the trade routes and cargos grew, Great Lakes vessels changed from birch-bark voyageur canoes to three-masted schooners.
The bounty of the Great Lakes has drawn people to these shores for at least 10,000 years. The area's first inhabitants were North American Indians and their ancestors, who hunted for food and fur, farmed the land, and fished the waters. Europeans arrived in 1615; for the next 200 years they traded goods with the North American Indians, claimed lands for their home countries, and built empires out of beaver furs while exploring and building waterways to transport goods back to the East Coast and across the ocean. As the trade routes and cargos grew, Great Lakes vessels changed from birch-bark voyageur canoes to three-masted schooners.
Location. 41° 39.352′ N, 83° 30.982′ W. Marker is in Toledo, Ohio, in Lucas County. It is in East Toledo. It is on South Marina Drive, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1525 S Marina Drive, Toledo OH 43605, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally,
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this marker is on Ohio’s Lake Erie Shore. It is also in the American Midwest, on the Great Lakes, and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.
Credits. This page was last revised on February 4, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 23, 2022, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 207 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on August 23, 2022, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
