 Presque Isle was formed at the end of the Wisconsin glaciation about 11 @,@ 000 years ago . The earliest known inhabitants of the southern Lake Erie coast were the Erielhonan , also known as the " <unk> " , an Iroquoian speaking tribe of Native Americans . Erielhonan meant the " Cat " or " Raccoon " people , and the name " Erie " , a corruption of Erielhonan , became the name of the lake and county in which Presque Isle Park is found and of the city nearest the park . 
