 United States Life @-@ Saving Service District 9 opened a life @-@ saving station at Presque Isle in 1876 . William Clark was the keeper from 1877 until he drowned in 1891 . He was succeeded by Andrew Jansen , who was the keeper until 1914 . When the Life @-@ Saving Service and the Revenue Cutter Service merged in 1915 to become the United States Coast Guard , LSS Presque Isle , also called the Erie life @-@ saving station , became Coast Guard Station # 236 . The station , still in operation , is assigned to the Ninth District of the United States Coast Guard . 
