Located 15 miles offshore -- 90 minutes or so by ferry from Leamington , Ontario , or a 12-minute flight from Sandusky , Ohio -- Pelee -LRB- pronounced PEE-ly -RRB- is a laid-back , little-known , relatively low-cost and definitively low-key spot that remains today what was promised in an 1890 's tourism brochure : a getaway .