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Residents learn about water quality at Port of Rochester
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (9/8)
The 60-foot-tall sailboat "Earth Voyager" brought many people to the port to discuss Great Lakes pollution and drew advocates who fought against using the waterway as a dumping ground.
Photo of local lighthouse makes swell beer coaster
The Grand Rapids Press (9/8)
People visiting the Great Lakes may notice the work of Grand Rapids photographer Steven Huyser-Honig on beer coasters in nearby bars and restaurants.
Cleanups planned for Coastweeks
The News-Messenger (9/2)
Ohio's 2008 Coastweeks observance will again focus on the preservation and protection of Lake Erie and its watershed through a variety of cleanup events along the shoreline and throughout its watershed.
Maritime Academy may hike maritime tuition up to 57%
Traverse City Record-Eagle (8/27)
Some of next year's students at the Great Lakes Maritime Academy could face tuition rate hikes of 50 percent or more.
Students build wind turbines
WTVG-TV Toledo (8/27)
Science students at Clay high school will soon have a way to measure the wind and how much power it can produce. This grant-funded project will provide data on how well turbines produce power in the changeable wind environment near the lake.
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What is the sixth Great Lake?
from Margaret in West Palm Beach, FL, Age 50
There are actually two candidates for the title of the "Sixth" Great Lake: Lake Champlain and Georgian Bay in Lake Huron.
Lake Champlain certainly has the most legitimate hold on the status as a Great Lake. On March 6, 1998, Former President Bill Clinton signed Senate Bill 927 into Public Law 105-160, which signified Lake Champlain as the new sixth Great Lake. This occurred among much controversy regarding funding for the national Sea Grant program and spurred heated discussion around the topic of "What makes a Great Lake great?"
It was well-established by many authorities, however, that Lake Champlain lies outside of the Great Lakes Basin. This means that the waters that flow into and out of Lake Champlain are completely separate from the waters that flow into and out of all of the five traditional Great Lakes, which all share the same water.
Georgian Bay, usually recognized as being part of Lake Huron, is one of the two largest bays in the Great Lakes (the other is Saginaw Bay). The writer and historian James Barry even wrote the book about the body of water titled Georgian Bay: The Sixth Great Lake. It is also sometimes thought of as a separate Great Lake because it is nearly separated from the rest of Lake Huron by Manitoulin Island and the Bruce Peninsula.
Related references:
About: Geography -- Lake Champlain, the Sixth Great Lake?
GLC: Policy Position -- Designation of Lake Champlain as a Great Lake
Thank you for your question!
Answered on September 25, 2001