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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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bi-national region → geographical region →
borders	Great Lakes →
climate	humid continental climate →
contains	Buffalo → Chicago → Cleveland → Detroit → Duluth → Hamilton, Ontario → Milwaukee → Rochester, New York → Thunder Bay → Toronto →
country	Canada → United States →
governedBy	Government of Canada → United States federal government →
hasBorderWith	Mississippi River basin → 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 NERFINISHED → Lake Huron NERFINISHED → Lake Michigan NERFINISHED → Lake Ontario → Lake Superior →
hasResource	fisheries → fresh surface water → mineral resources → timber →
hasTransportationInfrastructure	Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Seaway → extensive rail networks → interstate highways →
includesProvinceOrState	Illinois → Indiana → Michigan → Minnesota → New York → Ohio → Ontario → Pennsylvania → 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 River basin →
waterSystem	largest group of freshwater lakes by surface area in the world →

Referenced by (220)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Apostle Islands → Bay City, Michigan → Bay County, Michigan → Beaver Island → Bruce Peninsula National Park → Carp River (Marquette County, Michigan) ("Great Lakes Basin") → Detroit → Detroit metropolitan area → Erie → Fort Wayne, Indiana → Georgian Bay ("Great Lakes Basin") → Golden Horseshoe ("Great Lakes–St. Lawrence megaregion") → Grand River (Michigan) ("Great Lakes Basin") → Hamilton Harbour ("Great Lakes Basin") → Hannahville Indian Community → Humber River ("Great Lakes Basin") → Iron Range region (Michigan) ("Great Lakes mining regions") → Kenosha County, Wisconsin → Mackinaw City, Michigan → Macomb County, Michigan → Manitoulin Island ("Great Lakes Basin") → Marquette Bay ("Great Lakes Basin") → Menominee River ("Great Lakes Basin") → Metro Detroit → Michipicoten Island → Michipicoten River ("Great Lakes Basin") → Milwaukee River ("Great Lakes Basin") → Monroe, Michigan → Muskegon County, Michigan ("United States Great Lakes region") → Muskegon Lake ("Great Lakes Basin") → Muskegon River ("Great Lakes Basin") → Niagara River ("Great Lakes Basin") → Nipigon River ("Great Lakes Basin") → Ohio → Pic River ("Great Lakes Basin") → Port of Chicago vicinity → Port of Rochester → Presque Isle, Pennsylvania → Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan → Seneca Lake ("Great Lakes Basin") → Skaneateles Lake ("Great Lakes Basin") → Southeast Michigan → St. Clair River ("Great Lakes Basin") → St. Ignace Island → St. Joseph River ("Great Lakes Basin") → Thunder Bay (bay on Lake Superior) ("Great Lakes Basin") → Toledo → Tonawanda Creek ("Great Lakes Basin") → Waukegan, Illinois → White River (Michigan) ("Great Lakes Basin") → Wisconsin →	partOf
Aerial Lift Bridge → Buckongahelas → Buffalo → Calumet City, Illinois → Carp River (Marquette County, Michigan) ("Northern Great Lakes region") → Chicago English → Chief Ignatius Petosega → City of Fordson, Michigan → Dead River (Michigan) → Delta County, Michigan → Dunkirk, New York → Erie County, New York → Forest County Potawatomi Community → Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit → Fort William → Forward Madison FC → Gibraltar Point → Houghton, Michigan → Iroquois Confederacy → Ishpeming, Michigan → Jackson Harbor docks → Lockport, New York → Maid of the Mist → Menominee, Michigan → Midland, Michigan → Mississagi River ("Great Lakes Basin") → Mount Arvon → Niagara County, New York → Orchard Park, New York → Pere Marquette River ("Great Lakes Basin") → Sarnia → Sault Ste. Marie Canal → St. Joseph River → Three Brothers shipwreck → Thunder Bay → Tonawanda, New York → Treaty of Fort McIntosh → Washington Island lavender fields → Washtenaw County, Michigan → Williamsville, New York → Windsor, Ontario →	region
Chippewa County, Michigan → Council of Three Fires → Getzville, New York → Holland–Grand Haven metropolitan area → Houghton County, Michigan → Lake St. Clair → Manitoulin Island → Marquette Maritime Museum → Niagara-on-the-Lake → North Manitou Island → Northern Ohio → Northwest Indian Confederacy → Pendleton, New York → Round Island Lighthouse →	locatedIn
East Chicago, Indiana → Green Bay (arm of Lake Michigan) → Jackson Harbor Maritime Museum → Kenosha → Minnesota → Norton Shores, Michigan → Rocky River, Ohio → St. Marys River → Superior, Wisconsin →	locatedInRegion
Fox people → Kickapoo → Kickapoo people → Meskwaki → Miami tribe → Sauk → Sauk people → Wyandot →	originalRegion
Annex 1 Areas of Concern ("Great Lakes Basin") → Annex 10 Science ("Great Lakes ecosystem") → Annex 11 Notification and Response ("Great Lakes Basin") → Annex 12 Chemicals of Emerging Concern ("Great Lakes Basin") → Annex 4 Nutrients ("Great Lakes Basin") → Annex 9 Climate Change Impacts ("Great Lakes Basin") → Great Lakes–St. Lawrence River Basin Sustainable Water Resources Agreement ("Great Lakes Basin") →	appliesTo
Blue Jacket → Haudenosaunee → Miami-Illinois language → Odawa → Parliament of Upper Canada → Sac and Fox →	historicalRegion
Great Lakes Aquarium → Great Lakes Science Center → Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center → Legislative Council of Upper Canada → Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago → SLSDC →	regionServed
Brook trout ("Great Lakes basin") → Potawatomi → Sauk → Sugar maple → White bass →	nativeTo
Bodéwadmi → Ojibwe → Ojibwe ("Lake Superior region") → Potawatomi language → Sauk language →	traditionalRegion
Blue Water Area → Duluth → Keuka Lake ("Great Lakes Basin") → Spanish River ("Great Lakes Basin") →	isPartOf
American Fur Company → American Ship Building Company (control acquired by family) → Rogers' Rangers → United States Life-Saving Service →	operatedIn
British Indian Department → Great Lakes–St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Council ("Great Lakes Basin") → Treaty of Chicago →	appliesToJurisdiction
Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac → Médard des Groseilliers → Pierre-Esprit Radisson →	exploredRegion
Credit River ("Great Lakes Basin") → Don River ("Great Lakes Basin") → St. Louis River ("Great Lakes Basin") →	riverSystem
Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut ("Great Lakes region of North America") → Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut ("Lake Superior region") →	activityRegion
Illinois Waterway system → US-2 eastbound →	connectsRegion
Jacques Marquette → Louis Jolliet →	explored
Detroit River ("Great Lakes Basin") → Green Bay (arm of Lake Michigan) ("Great Lakes Basin") →	locatedInEcoregion
Treaty of St. Louis (1816) →	appliesToTerritory
Green Bay, Wisconsin →	belongsTo
Ohio Country →	borderedBy
America →	contains
Americas →	containsSubregion
Ellicott Creek ("Great Lakes Basin") →	drainageBasin
Lake Erie Islands ("Great Lakes Basin") →	ecoregion
Interior Lowlands →	extendsFrom
National Sea Grant College Program →	focusArea
Grand Rapids Public Museum →	focusesOn
At Home on the Great Lakes →	focusesOnRegion
Central Division (NBA) →	geographicalRegion
Port of Marquette →	geographicRegion
Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909 ("Great Lakes basin") →	geographicScope
International Joint Commission →	hasOfficeIn
Canada–United States border region ("Great Lakes basin") →	hasPart
Sac and Fox Nation, Oklahoma →	historicalOriginRegion
Great Midwest Fires of 1871 →	historicalRegionAffected
New France →	includedRegion
Interior Lowlands ("Great Lakes Lowland") →	includesRegion
Northeast Woodlands →	includesSubregion
Wayne County, Michigan →	isPartOfRegion
Orleans County, New York ("Great Lakes Basin") →	locatedInWatershed
Village of Westmont ("Great Lakes Basin") →	locatedInWaterSystem
Ecorse, Michigan →	locatedNear
Beaver Wars →	location
Journals of Major Robert Rogers →	narrativeLocation
Oakland County, Michigan →	partOfRegion
St. Marys River ("Great Lakes Basin") →	partOfWatershed
Interstate 94 →	passesNear
U.S. Route 2 →	passesThroughRegion
Henry Hamilton →	placeOfActivity
Constitutional Act 1791 →	regionAffected
Green Bay Packers–Detroit Lions rivalry →	regionalContext
New York Central Railroad →	servedRegion
The Leatherstocking Tales →	setIn
The Song of Hiawatha ("Great Lakes region of North America") →	setting
The Pathfinder →	settingRegion
Northern Cities Vowel Shift region English →	spokenIn
Mohawk people ("Lake Ontario region") →	traditionalTerritory
Saginaw River ("Great Lakes Basin") →	waterbody
Jacques Marquette →	workedAsMissionaryIn
Tecumseh →	workLocation