Presque Isle

Today Presque Isle is used as a Pennsylvania state park, Presque Isle State Park, that is open to the public for a wide variety of recreation. The peninsula became a state park in 1921, and since then large amounts of money have been spent to make visiting the park a better and more pleasant experience. Three years after becoming a park the project of lying paved roads around the park began. Today the road network creates a 13-mile loop around the outer edge of peninsula. Before the roads were built the only visitor to the park were primarily boaters. Many years later the roads were destroyed by storms, and they were rebuilt further away from the shore. The peninsula has a great environment for exercising. In 1984, a multi-purpose blacktop trail was built for bike riding, running, and inline skating. In 1992, 55 break walls were constructed off the shore to slow down the waves thus slowing down the amount erosion that would take place on beaches. These break walls save the park over a million dollars a year that would be spent on replenishing sand on the beaches.

Above is the slidshow that I made on my trip to Presque Isle in Erie, PA. On the adventure i took some very good shots, trying to explain the state park of Preque Isle as best as I could. I captured some good pictures of Perry Monument, picnic pavillions, light houses, and nature trails. The geese that were all around provided some great action shots. My girlfriend came along with her dog and I included the dog is some photographs as well. Overall, the trip was very scenic and fun. Enjoy!