By Janet Piehl

Are you aware the place to discover the worlds greatest freshwater lake? Or which lake has greater than thirty thousand islands? prepare to discover the good Lakes! humans depend on the lakes for meals, enjoyable, and transportation. simply how have been the good Lakes shaped? And what difficulties do the lakes face? learn this ebook to determine! For age 6 and up.

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Lake Huron has about thirty thousand islands. Manitoulin Island is one of them. It is the world’s largest island in freshwater. • The Great Lakes do not usually freeze in winter. Only Lake Erie, the shallowest Great Lake, often freezes all the way across. • Lake Superior is so big that it holds more water than all the other Great Lakes combined. It is one of the largest lakes in the world. • The Great Lakes area is home to millions of people. One in four Canadians lives near the Great Lakes.

Wetland: land where the ground is wet. Marshes and swamps are wetlands. htm Johnson, Rebecca L. A Journey into a Lake. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Company, 2004. Valzania, Kimberly. Great Lakes. New York: Children’s Press, 2004. Walker, Sally M. Glaciers. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Company, 2008. 31 31 Index bay, 10 Canada, 6, 25 canals, 8 Lake Michigan, 4, 11, 16–17, 29 Lake Ontario, 5, 13, 29 Lake Superior, 4, 9, 21, 29 deer, 18 Native Americans, 20–22 freshwater, 7–8, 29 Saint Lawrence River, 13 Samuel de Champlain, 22 sand dunes, 16–17 Straits of Mackinac, 11 glaciers, 14–15 Lake Erie, 5, 12, 24–25, 29 Lake Huron, 5, 10–11, 22, 26, 29 United States, 6, 25, 29 Photo Acknowledgments The images in this book are used with the permission of: © Stocktrek Images/Getty Images, pp.

Great Lakes. New York: Children’s Press, 2004. Walker, Sally M. Glaciers. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Company, 2008. 31 31 Index bay, 10 Canada, 6, 25 canals, 8 Lake Michigan, 4, 11, 16–17, 29 Lake Ontario, 5, 13, 29 Lake Superior, 4, 9, 21, 29 deer, 18 Native Americans, 20–22 freshwater, 7–8, 29 Saint Lawrence River, 13 Samuel de Champlain, 22 sand dunes, 16–17 Straits of Mackinac, 11 glaciers, 14–15 Lake Erie, 5, 12, 24–25, 29 Lake Huron, 5, 10–11, 22, 26, 29 United States, 6, 25, 29 Photo Acknowledgments The images in this book are used with the permission of: © Stocktrek Images/Getty Images, pp.

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