Great Lakes

       Map of the Great Lakes Region (1755)  from Library of Congress. 

Would you like to learn about the Great Lakes?

    Do you know how the Great Lakes were formed?

   Do you know what the names of the Great Lakes were before 1800, and what those names mean? 

    Do you know how ships travel from lake to lake throughout the Great Lakes?

Find the answers to these questions and more on EEK - Environmental Education for Kids.*

 

 

Other sites for Great Lakes facts:

Michigan Sea Grant - Great Lakes Fast Facts Page

New York State Sea Grant - Great Lakes Youth News

 

 

 

* EEK - Environmanetal Education for Kids is sponsored by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Wisconsin Coastal Management Program