Great Lakes region

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bi-national region geographical region

The Great Lakes region is a bi-national area surrounding North America’s five interconnected Great Lakes, known for its major freshwater resources, industrial centers, and historical role in U.S. and Canadian development.

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All labels observed (26)

Label Occurrences
Great Lakes region canonical 542
Great Lakes Basin 44
Great Lakes basin 3

Statements (73)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bi-national region ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
borders Great Lakes ⓘ
climate humid continental climate ⓘ
contains Buffalo ⓘ
City of Chicago ⓘ
surface form: Chicago

Cleveland ⓘ
Detroit ⓘ
Duluth ⓘ
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada ⓘ
surface form: Hamilton, Ontario

Milwaukee ⓘ
Rochester ⓘ
surface form: Rochester, New York

Thunder Bay ⓘ
Toronto ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
governedBy Canadian federal government (Ottawa) ⓘ
surface form: Government of Canada

United States government ⓘ
surface form: United States federal government
hasBorderWith Mississippi River basin ⓘ
Saint Lawrence River ⓘ
surface form: St. Lawrence River
hasCooperationFramework Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement ⓘ
International Joint Commission ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
automobile manufacturing ⓘ
mining ⓘ
petrochemical industry ⓘ
shipping and logistics ⓘ
steel production ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalIssue habitat loss ⓘ
industrial contamination ⓘ
invasive species ⓘ
water pollution ⓘ
hasFeature canal systems ⓘ
industrial heritage ⓘ
large urban agglomerations ⓘ
major inland ports ⓘ
navigable waterways ⓘ
hasHistoricalRole center of North American industrialization ⓘ
important corridor for European settlement in North America ⓘ
key region in U.S. Rust Belt ⓘ
strategic area in early U.S.–British conflicts ⓘ
hasPart Lake Erie ⓘ
Lake Huron ⓘ
Lake Michigan ⓘ
Lake Ontario ⓘ
Lake Superior ⓘ
hasResource fisheries ⓘ
fresh surface water ⓘ
mineral resources ⓘ
timber ⓘ
hasTransportationInfrastructure Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system ⓘ
surface form: Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Seaway

extensive rail networks ⓘ
interstate highways ⓘ
includesProvinceOrState Illinois ⓘ
Indiana ⓘ
Michigan ⓘ
Minnesota ⓘ
New York ⓘ
Ohio ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
Quebec, Canada ⓘ
surface form: Quebec

Wisconsin ⓘ
knownFor freshwater resources ⓘ
historical role in Canadian development ⓘ
historical role in U.S. development ⓘ
industrial centers ⓘ
manufacturing ⓘ
port cities ⓘ
shipping ⓘ
locatedIn North America ⓘ
partOf Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system ⓘ
surface form: Great Lakes–St. Lawrence River basin
waterSystem largest group of freshwater lakes by surface area in the world ⓘ

Referenced by (620)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Constitutional Act 1791 → regionAffected → Great Lakes region ⓘ
Holland–Grand Haven metropolitan area → locatedIn → Great Lakes region ⓘ
Duluth → isPartOf → Great Lakes region ⓘ
Green Bay, Wisconsin → belongsTo → Great Lakes region ⓘ
Beaver Island → partOf → Great Lakes region ⓘ
North Manitou Island → locatedIn → Great Lakes region ⓘ
Thunder Bay → region → Great Lakes region ⓘ
Wisconsin → partOf → Great Lakes region ⓘ
Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac → exploredRegion → Great Lakes region ⓘ
The D → partOf → Great Lakes region ⓘ
subject surface form: Detroit
United States Life-Saving Service → operatedIn → Great Lakes region ⓘ
Grand Rapids Public Museum → focusesOn → Great Lakes region ⓘ
Potawatomi → nativeTo → Great Lakes region ⓘ
Sauk people → originalRegion → Great Lakes region ⓘ
Americas → containsSubregion → Great Lakes region ⓘ
Ohio Country → borderedBy → Great Lakes region ⓘ
Bruce Peninsula National Park → partOf → Great Lakes region ⓘ
Buffalo → region → Great Lakes region ⓘ
Southeast Michigan → partOf → Great Lakes region ⓘ
Apostle Islands → partOf → Great Lakes region ⓘ
Ojibwe → traditionalRegion → Great Lakes region ⓘ
Ojibwe → traditionalRegion → Great Lakes region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Superior region
Golden Horseshoe → partOf → Great Lakes region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Lakes–St. Lawrence megaregion
Michipicoten Island → partOf → Great Lakes region ⓘ
Wayne County, Michigan → isPartOfRegion → Great Lakes region ⓘ
Ecorse, Michigan → locatedNear → Great Lakes region ⓘ
St. Ignace Island → partOf → Great Lakes region ⓘ
Annex 1 Areas of Concern → appliesTo → Great Lakes region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Lakes Basin
Annex 4 Nutrients → appliesTo → Great Lakes region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Lakes Basin
Annex 9 Climate Change Impacts → appliesTo → Great Lakes region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Lakes Basin
Annex 10 Science → appliesTo → Great Lakes region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Lakes ecosystem
Annex 11 Notification and Response → appliesTo → Great Lakes region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Lakes Basin
International Joint Commission → hasOfficeIn → Great Lakes region ⓘ
Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909 → geographicScope → Great Lakes region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Lakes basin
Canada–United States border region → hasPart → Great Lakes region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Lakes basin
Humber River → partOf → Great Lakes region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Lakes Basin
Toledo → partOf → Great Lakes region ⓘ
Detroit metropolitan area → partOf → Great Lakes region ⓘ
SLSDC → regionServed → Great Lakes region ⓘ
Annex 12 Chemicals of Emerging Concern → appliesTo → Great Lakes region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Lakes Basin
Windsor, Ontario → region → Great Lakes region ⓘ
New York Central Railroad → servedRegion → Great Lakes region ⓘ
Central Division → geographicalRegion → Great Lakes region ⓘ
subject surface form: Central Division (NBA)
Meskwaki (Fox) → originalRegion → Great Lakes region ⓘ
subject surface form: Meskwaki
Lake St. Clair → locatedIn → Great Lakes region ⓘ
Calumet City, Illinois → region → Great Lakes region ⓘ
Manitoulin Island → locatedIn → Great Lakes region ⓘ
Manitoulin Island → partOf → Great Lakes region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Lakes Basin
Tecumseh → workLocation → Great Lakes region ⓘ
The Song of Hiawatha → setting → Great Lakes region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Lakes region of North America