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Located on South Bass Island in Lake Erie, Put In Bay is often described as the "Key West of Southern Lake Erie". Tunes from Jimmy Buffet drift into the air from bars and restaurants. Put-in-Bay offers a wide variety of activities or just enjoy the Victorian-era buildings, and numerous attractions of this island resort community. Take a narrated island tram tour or hop on a bike or golf cart to take in one of the many sights. Explore caves and caverns, play minature golf, tour the Aquatic Visitors Center and the Lake ERie Islands Historical Society Museum, walk through a butterfly house, sample island wines, shop dozens of shops, discover the nation's third tallest national monument - Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial or take a spin on a carousel.
The island has always been a well-suited place for grape growing due to the warm fall weather and limestone-based soil. Over half the island once contained vineyards, now fewer than 25 acres do. Several different varieties fof grapes are grown here, including Ives, Concord, Niagara, Catawba and Delaware.
With so much to do, the island is a fun and unique vacation destination that appeals to 750,000 plus visitors each year.
For all the Put In Bay events and activities scheduled throughout the summer, including an art show, an island wine and food festival, a golf tournament, historical weekend, and Oktoberfest check the calendar page.
Put-in-Bay Businesses
1811 marks the year when the first settlers came to Put-in-Bay. However, they soon left when the War of 1812 moved into the area. Put-in-Bay was the base of operations for Oliver Hazard Perry. It was from the Put-in-Bay harbor that Perry sailed to defeat the British fleet under Robert H. Barclay. The American victory in the battle of Lake Erie gave the country and the United States Navy a memorable slogan of positive accomplishments, "We have met the enemy and they are ours..." Today a beautiful Greek Doric column stnads at Put-in-Bay, the Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial. This 352-foot granite monument commemorates not only a naval battle but a peace which has lasted for more than 150 years between the United States and Canada. The 3,987-mile boundary is the longest unguarded international frontier in the world.
Did You Know?
The village played a significant role in the War of 1812 as the location of the squadron of U.S. naval commander Oliver Hazard Perry, who sailed from the port on September 10, 1813 to engage a British squadron just north of the island in the Battle of Lake Erie.
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