Century,

I don't have time right now to put links to all these things. You can do your own Internet searches to find them.

Start with this one. It's a NOAA chart of the Western Basin of Lake Erie, interactive:

Chart 14830

The purple box you see is the Camp Perry National Guard Base firing range. It has Buoys, both large "can" buoys and smaller buoys, that mark the range border. Most times the mention of a letter can, such as "D can", means one of the larger Can Buoys spaced out around the range border. They start with "A" can at the NW corner and work around clockwise.

Same with other navigation buoys around the Basin. People will call them by name (green bell buoy off Mioddle Bass Long Point) or location (Starve Island Reef Buoy).

Points of land are also often used, such as Lucy's Point (the long shoal off the NE corner of Middle Bass Island). BUT, you need to be aware that some people use different names for the same place, and in some cases, such as Cedar Point, there are two places with the same name (Cedar Point in Sandusky, the Amusement Park, and Cedar Point in Maumee Bay).

Once you get familier with the chart bouys and land point names (on the chart), you will be well on your way to understanding what people on this forum, and anywhere else, are talking about. Then with experience you'll figure out what some of the other references refer to. If you don't know - ask.