ISBN: | 978-5-5109-5684-9 |
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Erie Belle was a Great Lakes steam ship which exploded in 1883 along the eastern shore of Lake Huron. Built in 1864 as the Hector, she initially served the east coast of the USA during the Civil War era. She sailed for many years as a packet steamer on Lake Erie, until sinking and being re-built as a tug.