Great Lakes Connection

The Great Lakes support a US$6 trillion regional economy. But their value goes well beyond, including benefits such as aesthetics, wildlife habitat, biodiversity conservation, recreational fishing, swimming, boating and aquatic life support. The lakes also provide drinking water to nearly 40 million people in Canada and the United States.

If you were a Jeopardy! contestant and the answer was: “They hold approximately 20 percent of Earth’s fresh surface water,” you might buzz in to declare “What are the (Laurentian) Great Lakes?” But what if the answer was: “A river, strait or fluvial lake that connects the Great Lakes to each other”? Could you easily name a Great Lakes connecting water?