Perrysburg Boat Club

It’s embedded in our DNA… the awe we feel in the beauty and mystery of oceans, lakes, and mighty rivers… of clouds, stars, and the incomprehensible vastness of space. At the intersections of terra firma and water or space, we are at once filled with fear, yet irresistibly drawn. The seduction is powerful and thus mariners and aviators are born. It was the mariners who came first and courageously led the way.” (p.Hyder) In the 1800’s, Perrysburg, Ohio was a hub of commerce along its waterfront. Northwest Ohio’s bounty was loaded on flat boats, carried down the Maumee River and transferred to Lake Erie shipping. The waterfront remained a hub until the early 1850s when the boats became too heavy to surmount a rock bar just east of downtown Perrysburg. As a result, Toledo became the new point of transfer for shipping.