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Salty Sightings
Toledo, OH
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University of Michigan
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Zambia
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Grand Cayman Islands
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Gloucester, MA
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Cape Town, South Africa
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Little Known Facts
About the Great Lakes
1. Cargo shipping still dominates.
2. Ontario and Erie are the smallest.
3. The lakes contain more than 35,000 islands.
4. You can take a 6500-mile drive around the lakes.
5. There are over 170 species of fish in the Great Lakes.
6. The largest fish in the lakes can weigh over 200 pounds.
7. Lake Michigan is the only lake located entirely in the US.
8. Lake Superior is by far the largest and deepest at 1,332 feet.
9. The Great Lakes make up 6 quadrillion gallons of freshwater.
10. The Great Lakes have lost an estimated 6,000 ships & nearly 30,000 lives.
1. Cargo shipping still dominates.
2. Ontario and Erie are the smallest.
3. The lakes contain more than 35,000 islands.
4. You can take a 6500-mile drive around the lakes.
5. There are over 170 species of fish in the Great Lakes.
6. The largest fish in the lakes can weigh over 200 pounds.
7. Lake Michigan is the only lake located entirely in the US.
8. Lake Superior is by far the largest and deepest at 1,332 feet.
9. The Great Lakes make up 6 quadrillion gallons of freshwater.
10. The Great Lakes have lost an estimated 6,000 ships & nearly 30,000 lives.
Protect Our Great Lakes
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More than 35 million people rely on the Great Lakes for drinking water, jobs and their way of life. More that 6 million peoples visit the Great Lakes every year. But the Great Lakes and the 13 national park sites in the watershed face an array of threats. We want to keep our Great Lakes great; we support the Alliance for the Great Lakes.
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