Erie (disambiguation)
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Erie may refer to:
[edit] General
- Erie (tribe), the name of a tribe of Native Americans whose name is used for various locations. The word was borrowed into English from French which had previously borrowed the word (and gallicized it) from a neighboring Iroquoian language (such as Huron).
- Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins (1938), often referred to as Erie, a United States Supreme Court case which set forth the Erie doctrine
- Erie doctrine, which provides that a federal court sitting in diversity jurisdiction over a state law claim must apply state substantive common law in resolving the dispute
[edit] Places
[edit] North America
- Lake Erie, one of the five Great Lakes of North America
- Early Lake Erie, a prehistoric proglacial lake that existed at the end of the last ice age
- Lake Erie Islands, a chain of islands in Lake Erie
- Western Basin of Lake Erie, the shallow flat basin that comprises the western third of the lake
[edit] Canada
- British Columbia
- Ontario
- Erie (electoral district), a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 1997
- Erie—Lincoln, a former federal electoral district
- Fort Erie, Ontario, a town on the Niagara River in the Niagara Region
- Fort Erie (now National Historic Site), the first British fort to be constructed as part of a network after the Treaty of Paris (1763)
- Fort Erie Airport
- Grand Erie District School Board, a school board that has legal jurisdiction over Norfolk County, Haldimand County, and Brant County
[edit] United States
- Colorado
- Erie, Colorado, a town located in both Boulder County and Weld County
- Erie High School (Colorado), part of the Saint Vrain Valley School District
- Illinois
- Erie, Illinois, a village in Whiteside County
- Erie Township, Whiteside County, Illinois
- Mount Erie, Illinois, a village in Wayne County
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Erie, Kansas, a city in Neosho County
- Michigan
- Erie Township, Michigan, a civil township in Monroe County
- Minnesota
- Erie Township, Minnesota, in Becker County
- New York
- Erie Canal, a canal running from the Hudson River to Lake Erie
- Erie Canal-Harbor (Metro Rail), a Buffalo Metro Rail station located next to the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
- Erie County, New York
- Erie County Fair, aka "America's Fair", held in Hamburg, New York, every August
- Category:Erie County, New York
- Erie Depot, officially known as the Erie Railroad Station, located in Port Jervis, New York
- Lake Erie Beach, New York, a hamlet located in the Town of Evans in Erie County
- Lake Erie State Park, located in the Town of Portland in Chautauqua County
- Old Erie Canal State Historic Park, a part of the New York State Park system
- North Dakota
- Erie, North Dakota, an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Cass County
- Ohio
- Erie County, Ohio
- Erie MetroParks, the metropolitan park district in Erie County, Ohio.
- Erie Township, Ottawa County, Ohio
- Erie-Ottawa Regional Airport, an airport located 3.5 miles (5.6 km) east of Port Clinton in Ottawa County
- Pennsylvania
- Erie County, Pennsylvania
- Category:Erie County, Pennsylvania
- Erie, Pennsylvania, a city on Lake Erie coast, the largest place with this name
- Category:Erie, Pennsylvania
- Erie International Airport, a public airport serving northwestern Pennsylvania, located five miles (8 km) southwest of the Erie central business district
- Erie National Wildlife Refuge, an 8,777-acre (35.52 km²) property in Crawford County
- Erie-Torresdale (SEPTA station), an elevated stop on the Market-Frankford Line in Philadelphia
- Erie Triangle, the subject of several competing colonial-era claims, eventually acquired by the U.S. federal government
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Erie
[edit] Organizations
[edit] Railroads
- Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad, a former railroad company operating in western Pennsylvania and northeastern Ohio
- Cincinnati and Lake Erie Railroad, a short-lived electric interurban line that operated between Cincinnati, Ohio, Columbus, Ohio, and Toledo, Ohio
- Erie Lackawanna Railway, known as the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad until 1968, formed by 1960 merger of the Erie Railroad and Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
- Erie Railroad, a railroad connecting New York City with Lake Erie and extending west to Chicago
- Category:Erie Railroad
- Also see: Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins and Erie doctrine
- Erie West Subdivision, a railroad line owned by New York Central Lines LLC and operated by CSX Transportation in the U.S. states of Pennsylvania and Ohio
- Lake Erie and Western Railroad, a former railroad that operated in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois.
- Lake Erie, Franklin and Clarion Railroad, a fifteen mile (24 km) long short line that ran from a Conrail connection at Summerville, Pennsylvania, to Clarion, Pennsylvania
- Mad River and Lake Erie Railroad, the first railroad to be built and operated in the U.S. state of Ohio
- Morristown and Erie Railway, a freight short line based in Morristown, New Jersey
- Philadelphia and Erie Railroad (originally the Sunbury and Erie Railroad), name changed in 1861
- Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad (aka "Little Giant"), formed in 1875, located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway, name for historic and new railway coys
[edit] Canals
- Miami and Erie Canal (1800s), a canal that connected the Ohio River in Cincinnati, Ohio with Lake Erie in Toledo, Ohio
- Wabash and Erie Canal, a former shipping canal that linked the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River
- Also see: Erie Canal and Category:Erie Canal
[edit] Other
- Buffalo and Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority (aka Peace Bridge Authority), a public benefit corporation that enforces the Peace Bridge
- Erie Insurance Group, a multi-line insurance company, offering auto, home, commercial and life insurance
- Erie Times-News, a daily morning newspaper in Erie, Pennsylvania
- Lake Erie College, a private liberal arts college that is located in Painesville, Ohio
- Stelco Lake Erie Works, located in the small village of Nanticoke, Ontario, Canada
[edit] Locomotives
- Erie L-1, 0-8-8-0 steam locomotives of the Erie Railroad built in 1907 by ALCO
- FM Erie-built, the first streamlined, cab-equipped dual service diesel locomotive built by Fairbanks-Morse
[edit] Ships
- USS Erie (disambiguation)
- USS Erie (1813), a sloop-of-war in the United States Navy in the early 1800s
- USS Erie (PG-50), the lead ship in a class of two Patrol Gunboats, launched in 1936
- USS Lake Erie (disambiguation)
- USS Lake Erie (CG-70) (launched 1991), a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser in the United States Navy
[edit] Events
- Battle of Fort Erie (1866), a bloody skirmish in 1866, in Canada West
- Battle of Lake Erie (1813), sometimes called the Battle of Put-in-Bay, fought in Lake Erie off the coast of Ohio during the War of 1812
- Capture of Fort Erie, an incident in the War of 1812 between United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United States
- Erie Canal Soda Pop Festival, a rock festival held on the Labor Day weekend of 1972 near Griffin, Indiana on Bull Island, Illinois
- Siege of Fort Erie, one of the last engagements between British and American forces during the Niagara campaign of the War of 1812
[edit] People
- Edward Erie Poor (1837-1900), Vice-President and then President of the National Park Bank from 1895-1900
[edit] Sport
- Erie Blades, name for two former professional ice hockey teams in Erie, Pennsylvania
- Erie Freeze, a charter member of the American Indoor Football Association, team located in Erie, Pennsylvania
- Erie Illusion, a women's football team playing in the National Women's Football Association, based in Erie, Pennsylvania
- Erie Invaders, a 2000 expansion team of the defunct Indoor Football League from Erie, Pennsylvania
- Erie Otters, a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League, playing in Erie, Pennsylvania, USA from 1996 to present
- Erie Panthers, a former professional hockey team in the East Coast Hockey League from 1988-1996
- Erie Sailors, the name of several minor league baseball teams that played in Erie, Pennsylvania between 1906 and 1994
- Erie SeaWolves, a minor league baseball team based in Erie, Pennsylvania, playing in the Eastern League
- Fort Erie Meteors, a Junior "B" team based out of Fort Erie, Ontario
- Lake Erie Monsters, to be an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League, beginning play in the 2007-08 AHL season in Cleveland, Ohio, USA
[edit] See also
- Eerie, a magazine of horror comics introduced in 1966 by Warren Publishing
- Eerie, Indiana, a fictional town in the NBC television series of the same name. Note: "Eerie" and "Erie" are pronounced identically in Standard American English, and are occasionally confused. Three of the four U.S. states bordering Indiana have well-known towns called Erie.
- Éire, meaning Republic of Ireland in the Irish language

