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Did you know: Michigan touches every Great Lake but Lake Ontario, and Ontario touches every Great Lake but Lake Michigan? Sault Ste. Marie contains a set of locks called The Soo Locks because much like with Mackinac Island and Bridge vs Mackinaw City, Michiganders can't keep a consistent frigging spelling? They get boats through the difference in height between Lake Superior and Lake Huron. The Great Lakes combine to make up 21% of all fresh water in the world, and are collectively the largest non-frozen source of it? (Lake Baikal in Russia comes close in volume at 20% of all fresh water due to its massive depth) Lakes Michigan and Huron are technically a single lake? Please
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Jan 19, 2017 23:46
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There are a number of lake freighters that are too large for the Welland Canal and are thus stuck in the Great Lakes.
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Jan 19, 2017 23:51
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Well, all of them except Ontario
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Jan 19, 2017 23:52
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the cuyahoga river caught fire in 1969, it was one of the things that lead to creation of the EPA can't wait for trump to #MAGA!!!
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Jan 20, 2017 00:04
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Go Browns. e: Because of the Great Lakes, the nickname in Cleveland is to call it the "North Coast".
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Jan 20, 2017 00:05
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if it were its own country the economy of the great lakes region would be larger than the economy of japan
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Jan 20, 2017 00:18
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grePmMTwf6A
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Jan 20, 2017 00:21
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when ever i see the great lakes on a map i see a palm tree. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgI8bta-7aw
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Jan 20, 2017 02:36
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great lakes edmund fitzgerald porter is pretty good
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Jan 20, 2017 02:42
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Fojar38 posted:if it were its own country the economy of the great lakes region would be larger than the economy of japan
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Jan 20, 2017 03:00
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Born on a Great Lake~~
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Jan 20, 2017 05:32
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Lake Michigan and Lake Huron are technically the same lake, as they are at the same elevation.
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Jan 20, 2017 06:20
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they are not that great imo
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Jan 20, 2017 06:34
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logikv9 posted:they are not that great imo I haven't seen any better lakes, so they're at least relatively great I'd say
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Jan 20, 2017 06:44
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Side note: the Wikipedia list of Largest Lakes by area has the Caspian Sea as the world's largest lake. I have no clue why a body of salt water that doesn't even empty into an ocean is being called a lake instead of a sea, especially since Wikipedia also says that the Caspian Sea doesn't even rest entirely on a continental shelf, but there you go.
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Jan 20, 2017 07:04
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many years ago i was a seaman
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Jan 20, 2017 07:08
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 Aral Sea 
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Jan 20, 2017 07:39
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFkyDB2InTs the song of the Great Lakes
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Jan 20, 2017 07:53
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Red Minjo posted:Side note: the Wikipedia list of Largest Lakes by area has the Caspian Sea as the world's largest lake. I have no clue why a body of salt water that doesn't even empty into an ocean is being called a lake instead of a sea, especially since Wikipedia also says that the Caspian Sea doesn't even rest entirely on a continental shelf, but there you go. seas empty into oceans though?
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Jan 20, 2017 07:57
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Red Minjo posted:Michigan touches every Great Lake but Lake Ontario, and Ontario touches every Great Lake but Lake Michigan?
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Jan 20, 2017 13:53
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lake superior is great to drink straight out of when kayaking because the biggest city on the biggest lake in the world is.. Duluth. there's like no pollution in superior it's great! other great things: apostle islands, isle Royale and pictures rocks are all awesome
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Jan 20, 2017 14:34
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deadgoon posted:great lakes edmund fitzgerald porter is pretty good For me it's Blackout Stout. Also, they used to stock Lake Erie with Salmon and there are still Salmon in it. P cool, would be good to catch one. There is also a minor league hockey team called the Lake Erie Monsters. Cleveland is also called the 'Mistake on the Lake' by idiots who don't know what a cool city is, sad! Have fun with these cool facts.
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Jan 20, 2017 15:05
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The Great Lakes was home to a commercial bass fishing industry until the 1950s, when the population suddenly collapsed and the endemic species went extinct. Deepest Lakes in Canada: 1. Great Slave Lake* - 614 m [2014 ft] 2. Quesnel Lake - 610 m [2000 ft] 3. Adams Lake - 500 m [1500 ft] 4. Great Bear Lake - 446m [1400 ft] 5. Lake Superior - 404 m [1333 ft] *Named after the Slavey First Nation peoples, no poo poo
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Jan 21, 2017 21:59
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Indiana had enough clout to get congress to steal part of Michigan so we could have some Great Lake frontage. The markers have all rotted away so now no one really knows where the border is. Elephanthead has issued a correction as of 22:15 on Jan 21, 2017 |
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Jan 21, 2017 22:07
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deadgoon posted:great lakes edmund fitzgerald porter is pretty good dortmunder gold is their best one
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Jan 21, 2017 22:09
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For about 20 days in 1998, Lake Champlain was officially the sixth great lake, after Senator Leahy (D-VT, duh) snuck a line designating it so into a Senate Bill reauthorizing the National Sea Grant program.
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Jan 21, 2017 22:49
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Captain_Maclaine posted:For about 20 days in 1998, Lake Champlain was officially the sixth great lake, after Senator Leahy (D-VT, duh) snuck a line designating it so into a Senate Bill reauthorizing the National Sea Grant program. omg http://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/07/us/champlain-becomes-the-sixth-great-lake.html A 1998 NYT/AP article posted:The move had angered some lawmakers from the Great Lakes states. "If Lake Champlain ends up as a Great Lake, I propose we rename it 'Lake Plain Sham,' " Representative Steven C. LaTourette, an Ohio Republican who is co-chairman of the Congressional Great Lakes Task Force, said recently.
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Jan 21, 2017 23:00
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Red Minjo posted:omg Yeah they weren't too pleased. Vermonters didn't really care that much, and we were only really in it for the increased funding our state universities were able to weasel out of the feds as a consequence.
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Jan 21, 2017 23:07
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If counted as one entity, the great lakes have the largest amount of shipwrecks in the world. I have a map of them!
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Jan 21, 2017 23:11
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HOMES, the greatest mnemonic.
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Jan 21, 2017 23:17
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Ovo posted:If counted as one entity, the great lakes have the largest amount of shipwrecks in the world. I have a map of them! every time i see one of the great lakes stickers i see a palm tree
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Jan 21, 2017 23:18
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Why aren't the large lakes in Canada considered "great lakes" as well? They're large, they're lakes, they formed the same way. What's going on? The Great Slave Lake and the Great Bear Lake are also larger than Lake Erie. Is this some America #1 USA bullshit?
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Jan 22, 2017 04:56
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Thunder Bay is technically a seaport.
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Jan 22, 2017 05:43
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Elephanthead posted:Indiana had enough clout to get congress to steal part of Michigan so we could have some Great Lake frontage. The same desire was responsible for the Ohio-Michigan war back in the 19th c. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toledo_War
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Jan 22, 2017 05:52
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Bodyholes posted:Why aren't the large lakes in Canada considered "great lakes" as well? They're large, they're lakes, they formed the same way. What's going on? they're not connected and also they're frozen over more than half the year. also 4/5 of the Great Lakes are half Canadian too so idg your argument?
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Jan 22, 2017 06:06
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Bodyholes posted:Why aren't the large lakes in Canada considered "great lakes" as well? They're large, they're lakes, they formed the same way. What's going on? like 10 people live anywhere near those two
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Jan 22, 2017 07:46
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"The Great Lakes" is a shorthand for an interconnected ecosystem/economic system. It's like asking why the Andros coral reef isn't part of the great barrier reef I'm a professional ecological limnologist btw. Don't fuckin step to Lake Erie
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Jan 22, 2017 07:54
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FuzzySkinner posted:Go Browns. Great Lakes shoreline is considered coastal by the us government, north coast is a cool and good title I've always wanted to walk to Canada when Lake Erie freezes over, but you need $50k/head insurance in case the coast guard needs to helicopter your rear end out of there
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Jan 22, 2017 07:56
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Make the Great Lakes Great Again
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Bodyholes posted:Why aren't the large lakes in Canada considered "great lakes" as well? They're large, they're lakes, they formed the same way. What's going on? gently caress you idiot
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