Old Woman Creek, Ohio

Location: The Old Woman Creek Reserve is located on the south-central shore of Lake Erie in Erie County, Ohio, three miles east of Huron. Total Acreage: 571 Designation: 1980 Lead State Agency: Ohio Department of Natural Resources Mailing Address: Old Woman Creek National Estuarine Research Reserve 2514 Cleveland Road, East Huron, OH 44839 Phone: 419-433-4601

Old Woman Creek is the smallest reserve in the National Estuarine Research System. It is also the only Great Lakes-type, freshwater estuary in the system. The reserve features freshwater marshes, swamp forests, a barrier beach, upland forest, estuarine waters, stream and nearshore Lake Erie.