Lake Erie Winter Layup 2025: 25+ Boats Frozen in the Water

This video showcases the ships in winter layup in the Ohio ports on Lake Erie.
We start in Toledo, then head to Cleveland, and then Ashtabula before finishing up in Conneaut.
It also includes part of an interview I did with famed boat photographer and publisher of Know Your Ships, Roger LeLievre on the fascination surrounding the boats of the Great Lakes.
Click here to see the companion video that has 1.5 hours of footage of the boats with no narration, only the sound of water and birds:
   • Lake Erie Winter Layup 2025 (No Narration)...  

Click here to watch my video from 2024.
It features an interview with Erik Peace of the Lake Carriers' Association.
He talks about the critical role shipping on the Great Lakes plays for the United States:
   • Winter Layup on the Great Lakes (25+ Ships...  

Click here to learn more about Know Your Ships:
https://www.knowyourships.com/

Time Stamps of the boats

Toledo: 0:00
Michigan Trader (Barge), Great Republic: 01:02
Great Republic: 01:21
Laura Van Enkevort (Tug): 1:50
Michigan Trader (Barge): 2:19
Edwin H. Gott: 3:46
American Spirit: 4:17
Joyce Van Enkevort: 5:20
Great Lakes Trader: 5:44
Edwin H. Gott: 6:26
Arthur M. Anderson, Philip R. Clarke, Erie Trader (Barge), Clyde Van Enkevort (Tug): 7:31
Erie Trader (Barge): 7:45
Philip R. Clarke: 8:40
Arthur M. Anderson: 9:03

Downtown Toledo: 10:37
American Valor: 10:49
John G. Munson, American Courage: 11:46
John G. Munson: 12:14
American Courage: 12:43
Ann Marie (Tug): 13:01

Cleveland:
Alpena: 13:14

Ashtabula:
Lighthouse: 13:53
Cuyahoga: 14:11
Menominee: 14:50
Defiance (Tug), Ashtabula (Barge): 15:20
New York (Tug): 15:48
Sam Laud: 16:00
Calumet: 16:16
Indiana Harbor, American Integrity, H. Lee White, Manitowoc, Invincible (Tug): 16:33
Indiana Harbor, American Integrity: 16:46
H. Lee White, Manitowoc, Invincible (Tug): 17:29
Invincible (Tug): 17:38
H. Lee White: 18:01
Manitowoc: 18:12

Conneaut:
Roger Blough: 18:48