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Great Lakes Journey
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Author : William Ashworth
language : en
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Release Date : 2003-07-09
Great Lakes Journey written by William Ashworth and has been published by Wayne State University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-07-09 with History categories.
Great Lakes Journey is a follow-up to William Ashworth's earlier book The Late, Great Lakes, published in 1986. Fifteen years after his first trip, Ashworth journeys to many of the same places and talks to many of the same people to examine the changes that have taken place along the Great Lakes since the 1980s. Through personal observation, research, and numerous interviews with scientists, activists, and government agencies, Ashworth creates a detailed picture of the status of the Great Lakes at the end of the twentieth century. Among the most prominent changes he finds are the arrival of the zebra mussel and other exotic species, the rise and fall of the RAP process for pollution cleanup, a growing public mistrust of government action, a substantial loss of habitat and biodiversity, and an explosion of urban sprawl along the shores of the Lakes. Great Lakes Journey is a welcome update on the latest issues affecting the Great Lakes region.
The Great Lakes At Ten Miles An Hour
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Author : Thomas Shevory
language : en
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Release Date : 2017-10-24
The Great Lakes At Ten Miles An Hour written by Thomas Shevory and has been published by U of Minnesota Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-24 with Travel categories.
The Great Lakes are a remarkable repository of millions of years of complex geological transformations and of a considerably shorter, crowded span of human history. Over the course of four summers, Thomas Shevory rode a bicycle along their shores, taking in the stories the lakes tell—of nature’s grandeur and decay, of economic might and squandered promise, of exploration, colonization, migration, and military adventure. This book is Shevory’s account of his travels, shored up by his exploration of the geological, environmental, historical, and cultural riches harbored by North America’s great inland seas. For Shevory, and his readers, his ride is an enlightening, unfailingly engaging course in the Great Lakes’ place in geological time and the nation’s history. Along the northern shore of Lake Huron, one encounters the scrubbed surfaces of the Canadian Shield, the oldest exposed rock in North America. Growing out of the crags of the Niagara Escarpment, which stretches from the western reaches of Lake Michigan to the spectacular waterfalls between Erie and Ontario, are the white cedars that are among the oldest trees east of the Mississippi. The lakes offer reminders of the fur trade that drew voyageurs to the interior, the disruption of Native American cultures, major battles of the War of 1812, the shipping and logging industries that built the Midwest, the natural splendors preserved and exploited, and the urban communities buoyed or buried by economic changes over time. Throughout The Great Lakes at Ten Miles an Hour, Shevory describes the engaging characters he encounters along the way and the surprising range of country and city landscapes, bustling and serene locales that he experiences, making us true companions on his ride.
Great Lakes Journey
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Author : Gary McGuffin
language : en
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart Limited
Release Date : 2003
Great Lakes Journey written by Gary McGuffin and has been published by McClelland & Stewart Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Travel categories.
The McGuffins share with readers the magnificent beauty of the Great Lakes Heritage Coast The Great Lakes Heritage Coast is an area that includes 1.1 million hectares of coastline along the north shore of Lake Superior and into Georgian Bay that has been recognized by the Ontario Government as a natural resource to be preserved and protected. As champions of Canada's wilderness, the McGuffins vowed to support this project and bring attention to the Heritage Coast by paddling the route and reporting on their adventure. For three months in the summer of 2002, Gary, Joanie, their three-year-old daughter, Sila, and their Alaskan Malamute, Kalija, paddled the route. The 3,000-km trip from Thunder Bay to Port Severn took them into some of the most breathtaking wilderness Canada has to offer. Through their written narrative and more than a hundred vibrant full-colour photographs, the McGuffins share with readers the things that make this trip unforgettable: the awe-inspiring star-filled skies, the rich variety of flora and fauna, the warmth of campfires on cool nights, the morning sun reflecting off pristine lakes, and the majestic ancient trees that abound in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence forest. This book is a tribute to that beauty.
Lake Effect
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Author : Richard N. Hill
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Lake Effect written by Richard N. Hill and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with History categories.
A deckhand's coming-of-age story of sailing the Great Lakes steamboats during the social and political turbulence of the early 1970s, Lake Effect is a vivid and memorable account, told in a light-hearted and entertaining narrative style, of life aboard the giant ore boats. In the early 1970s, the author sailed on four different US Steel freighters as a deckhand and deckwatch. Ten years later, he enrolled in the Great Lakes Maritime Academy with the intention of becoming a deck officer, and sailed on the 1000-foot Columbia Star. This humorous yet poignant memoir follows his voyage of self-discovery.
The Story Of The Great Lakes
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Author : Edward Channing
language : en
Publisher: New York : The Macmillan Company
Release Date : 1910
The Story Of The Great Lakes written by Edward Channing and has been published by New York : The Macmillan Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1910 with Great Lakes categories.
Great Lakes Journey
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Author : William Ashworth
language : en
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Release Date : 2003-07-09
Great Lakes Journey written by William Ashworth and has been published by Wayne State University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-07-09 with History categories.
A detailed picture of the status of the Great Lakes at the end of the twentieth century.
The Living Great Lakes
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Author : Jerry Dennis
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan
Release Date : 2014-09-23
The Living Great Lakes written by Jerry Dennis and has been published by Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-23 with Nature categories.
Award-winning nature author Jerry Dennis reveals the splendor and beauty of North America’s Great Lakes in this “masterwork”* history and memoir of the essential environmental and economical region shared by the United States and Canada. No bodies of water compare to the Great Lakes. Superior is the largest lake on earth, and together all five contain a fifth of the world’s supply of standing fresh water. Their ten thousand miles of shoreline border eight states and a Canadian province and are longer than the entire Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United States. Their surface area of 95,000 square miles is greater than New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island combined. People who have never visited them—who have never seen a squall roar across Superior or the horizon stretch unbroken across Michigan or Huron—have no idea how big they are. They are so vast that they dominate much of the geography, climate, and history of North America, affecting the lives of tens of millions of people. The Living Great Lakes: Searching for the Heart of the Inland Seas is the definitive book about the history, nature, and science of these remarkable lakes at the heart of North America. From the geological forces that formed them and the industrial atrocities that nearly destroyed them, to the greatest environmental success stories of our time, Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario are portrayed in all their complexity. A Michigan native, Jerry Dennis also shares his memories of a lifetime on or near the lakes, including a six-week voyage as a crewmember on a tallmasted schooner. On his travels, he collected more stories of the lakes through the eyes of biologists, fishermen, sailors, and others he befriended while hiking the area’s beaches and islands. Through storms and fog, on remote shores and city waterfronts, Dennis explores the five Great Lakes in all seasons and moods and discovers that they and their connecting waters—including the Erie Canal, the Hudson River, and the East Coast from New York to Maine—offer a surprising and bountiful view of America. The result is a meditation on nature and our place in the world, a discussion and cautionary tale about the future of water resources, and a celebration of a place that is both fragile and robust, diverse, rich in history and wildlife, often misunderstood, and worthy of our attention. “This is history at its best and adventure richly described.”—*Doug Stanton, author of In Harm’s Way: The Sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors and 12 Strong: The Declassified True Story of the Horse Soldiers Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award Winner Winner of Best Book of 2003 by the Outdoor Writers Association of America
Great Lakes Travel Journal
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Author : Noon Sun Handy Books
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-09-18
Great Lakes Travel Journal written by Noon Sun Handy Books and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-18 with categories.
Planning a road trip or other adventure to the Great Lakes? Take this travel journal along to record your experiences, or use it for important notes, itineraries, contact information, etc. With 200 blank lined pages for writing, it'll be a vital companion on your journey now, and a treasured memory-keeper forever.
The St Lawrence
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Author : Lynn Peppas
language : en
Publisher: Rivers Around the World
Release Date : 2010
The St Lawrence written by Lynn Peppas and has been published by Rivers Around the World this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
This informative book follows the St. Lawrence River, once a main route of the fur and timber trades. This important commercial waterway forms part of the boundary between Canada and the United States and connects the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. Today, a system of canals, dams, and locks lets seagoing ships travel all the way to Lake Superior.
A Trip On The Great Lakes
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Author : Raymond Smiley Spears
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1913
A Trip On The Great Lakes written by Raymond Smiley Spears and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1913 with Fishing categories.