The Erie Otters began play as the Hamilton Tiger Cubs in 1953. The team also played in St. Catharines, Brantford, and Niagara Falls before settling in Erie in 1996.
Unofficially it was originally referred to as "Clinton's big ditch"
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The name of an otters home is a "holt."
Technically Windy Windkloppel started the game as that is the name Sam Westing was originally born with.
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The name for the Erie Canal was Clinton's Ditch or Clinton's Folly.
Both a city and county have that name. The city of Erie, Pennsylvania is located in Erie County.
The canal got its name from Lake Erie.
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