Erie Triangle
Erie Triangle | |
|---|---|
| Nickname: The Triangle Lands | |
Black line indicates southern border of Erie Triangle within Erie County | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Erie |
| Largest city | Erie, Pennsylvania |
| Purchased | 1792 |
| Area | |
• Total | 202,187 acres (81,822 ha) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
The Erie Triangle is a roughly 300-square-mile (780-square-kilometre) tract of land that was the subject of several competing colonial-era claims. It was eventually acquired by the U.S. federal government and sold to Pennsylvania so that the state would have access to a freshwater port on Lake Erie. The Erie Triangle land makes up a large portion of present-day Erie County, Pennsylvania.