![undefined](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Lake-Erie.svg/2560px-Lake-Erie.svg.png) Shallowest and smallest (by volume) of the [[Dan's History Web/US 1/Notes to Fill/Great Lakes]]. Connects to Lake Ontario via the Niagara River and to Lake Huron via the [St. Clair River](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Clair_River) which passes by Detroit. In 1825, the [[Erie Canal]] was completed to connect the lake to the [[Dan's History Web/US 1/Topic Index/Hudson River]] near [[Dan's History Web/US 1/Topic Index/Albany]].