Herdendorf Book Release Celebration on 14 August 2024

You are invited! to celebrate the release of Lake Erie Islands, Reefs, Shoals: Geology, Natural History, Cultural Development, Dr. Charles “Eddie” Herdendorf’s life work in the Islands. Edited by Ricki C. Herdendorf.

Town Hall Assembly Room Wednesday Evening, August 14th

5:30 Heavy Appetizers
6:00 Dr. Herdendorf’s Power Point of Lake Erie Islands
6:45 Question-and-Answer session
7:00 Heavy Appetizers, a chance to look through his new book, and social time
7:30 Departure from Assembly Room, as 8:00 Bingo arrives to set up
7:35 Informal Social Time at Lake Erie Islands Historical Museum with Dr. and Mrs. Herdendorf.

Can you name the islands in the Western Basin of Lake Erie

Kelleys, North Bass, South Bass, Middle Bass, Johnson, Rattlesnake, West Sister, Sugar, Green, , Lost Ballast, Mouse, Gibraltar, Buckeye, Turtle, Starve, Gull, Pelee, Middle Sister, North Harbor, East Sister, Middle Sister, Hen and Chicks, and Mohawk(located Eastern Lake Erie). Each one has a chapter in the book. And how about the some 50 reefs and shoals? Fishermen will be reading this book to find the fish!

You might know the legendary Dr. Herdendorf as the founding director of the Center for Lake Erie Area Research at The Ohio State University. Or as the former Director of Franz Theodore Stone Laboratory at Put-in-Bay, or as the founding director of the Ohio Sea Grant Program. Or as The Ohio State University Professor in the College of Biological Sciences, or the Schools of Earth Sciences and Natural Resources.

Or you might know the Herdendorfs as cottagers on the West Shore. Either way, please join us for an evening of celebration of the release of this book, hosted by the Lake Erie Islands Historical Society, the Put-in-Bay Township Park District, the Lake Erie Islands Conservancy and the Lake Erie Islands Nature and Wildlife Center.