- Great Lakes Information Network
Information spanning environmental quality, resource management, transportation, demographic, and economic development data, information and resources on the Great Lakes region of the U.S. and Canada.
www.great-lakes.net
- Great Lakes and Seaway Shipping
Links to museums, photos, fact, events.
www.boatnerd.com
- Great Lakes Commission
Eight-state compact agency that focuses on regional environmental quality, resource management, transportation, and economic development.
www.glc.org
- Great Lakes Sport Fishing Council
Confederation of organizations and individuals who share a concern for the present and future of sport fishing, our natural and stocked resources and the ecosystem in which we live.
www.great-lakes.org
- Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System
Includes seaway lock system information, seasonal opening and closing dates, navigation regulations, Great Lakes maps and charts, St. Lawrence River news, and online transaction forms. In English and French.
www.greatlakes-seaway.com
- Great Lakes Historical Society
Great Lakes lore is told through ship models, painting, exhibits and collections of artifacts unique to the Inland Seas.
www.inlandseas.org
- Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
Corporation for the development of the Saint Lawrence Seaway connecting the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean. Includes a SLSDC handbook, annual reports and regulations information, employment opportunities, and Seaway Pacesetter Awards.
www.seaway.dot.gov
- International Association for Great Lakes Research
Promotes Great Lakes and other large lakes research and disseminates scientific information through publications and conferences.
www.iaglr.org
- Invasive Species in the Great Lakes Region
Features current news articles and list other resources. From the Great Lakes Information Network.
www.great-lakes.net/envt/flora-fauna/invasive/invasive.html
- Freshwater Seas
Monthly magazine focused on sailing in the Great Lakes region.
www.freshwaterseas.com
- Wikipedia: Saint Lawrence Seaway
Offers a hyperlinked profile of the Saint Lawrence Seaway, the system of canals that permits ocean-going vessels to travel from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes as far as Lake Superior. Also includes information on the specific route, lock and channel dimensions, earlier canals, and related web resources.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Lawrence_Seaway
- Inland Sea Society
Works towards maintaining a Lake Superior Basin with a naturally diverse and healthy ecosystem.
www.inlandsea.org
- USEPA - Great Lakes National Program Office
Oversees U.S. activities "to restore and maintain the physical, chemical and biological integrity of the Great Lakes Basin ecosystem."
www.epa.gov/glnpo
- St. Lawrence River Institute of Environmental Sciences
Environmental research center located in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. Established as a local community organization to educate and research the St. Lawrence River ecosystem.
www.riverinstitute.com
- Exotic Species and Their Effects on the Great Lakes
Provides identification and profile sheets for the Round Goby, Sea Lamprey, Spiny Water Flea, Zebra Mussel, Ruffe, Purple Loosestrife.
www.great-lakes.org/exotics.html
- Lake Michigan Forum
Diverse stakeholder group providing public input to U.S. EPA on the Lake Michigan Lakewide Management Plan (LaMP), called for in the The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement.
www.lkmichiganforum.org
- Great Lakes Binational Toxics Strategy
Environment Canada and the United States Envionmental Protection Agency working towards the elimination of persistent toxic substances.
www.binational.net
- St. Lawrence River and Seaway
Features an overview of the St. Lawrence River and Seaway, with information about local education and research, publications, tourism, and related resources about the Great Lakes region.
www.great-lakes.net/lakes/stlaw.html
- QuebecWeb: Saint Lawrence River
Explains the role of the Saint Lawrence River in Canada's and Quebec's history, as well as information about the tourism and geography of the Great Lakes region.
www.quebecweb.com/tourisme/fleuveang.html
- Non-Native Invasive Species in the Great Lakes
Teacher resource identifying the non-native invasive species have become established in and around the Great Lakes since the 1800s.
www.great-lakes.net/teach/pollution/ans/ans_1.html
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