The Great Lakes

FastTrax

FastTrax

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WOW. U R fast AM. I just listened to Gordon Lightfoot on Spotify and discovered that he sang a second version of "Edmund Fitzgerald" with dubbed in actual live audio from the Coast Guard search and I wanted to cover all 5 lakes in 1 post but I have to break it up into 6 post and this is the introductory post. Maybe we need to call you FastAuntMarge. lolol.
 
Back in the early to mid ‘80’s, myself and a few friends, usually 3-4 of us (our 1 friend had a nice boat) would drive up to Lake Erie in late June, just before July 4th. We would rent a couple of motel rooms and fish for Yellow Perch for 2 full days. We would come home with huge coolers of cleaned fish.

Then, on July 4th, we would have a cookout with all of our families, kids included and grill these fish. They are kind of small, so it’s no big deal to eat 2, 3 or even 4 of them during the day. They are a great eating fish.

What was really exciting was if we would hook a Walleye or a Pike, both delicious eating, but just a little boney, especially if you don’t know how to properly clean them, which I was not very proficient at. Perch, yes, Pike, not so good.
 
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Lake Michigan

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www.lovelakemichigan.org

www.lakemichiganangler.com

www.mlive.com/entertainment/2017/05/michigan_water_facts.html

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My goodness, FT... how awesome this all is! You put a lot of work into this for us and I thank you.

Isn't it amazing how big the things are? The only one I was ever near was Lake Ontario while in update NY. I did watch the video about the underwater "Stonehenge"....very interesting!

I'll be back for more another time.
 
"When Lake Erie – or more exactly the Cuyahoga River which flows into Lake Erie – caught fire in 1969, it ignited a firestorm of public outrage over the indiscriminate dumping of sewage and industrial chemicals into the Great Lakes. But the incident was not particularly unusual."

(an example of hellfire)
 
Michigan was the go to state in 1950's, auto workers pay scale gave them life a life of luxury-as perceived by other states of the union.
They could afford to buy craft to frolic on the Great Lakes.

The two gas embargo, people had get rid of their american monster cars and buy Jap economic transportation

The muscle cars returned in latter 70's amd 80.s, this was crazy. The Middle East can turn off the oil supply at any time:;-we Have a Learning Problem in America!

(I've posted this before, in 1962 Texas Legislator had a bill presented: Raise minimum wage to $1.00 a hour.
I was working in a sweat shop, earning around 60-75 cents an hour. The dirt poor citizens of Texas were eagerly awaiting the results.
One worker stated, 'if we can get that $ 1.00 one dollar an hour, we'll be in high cotton.
This individual, made me reevaluate my further than any person in my life.)

However, the poor folks had NO political power to influence the legislator.
We were used to being poor, it was the way things had always been.

Enlightenment struck" Get out of this state, get education, don't just sit here -move!

Gosh, I've taken the OP South again, sorry

Spent 8 years in Michigan, Lake Huron is turly an awe inspiring sight. The bridge to Canada is arched, you go waaaaaaaay high, scared me..

Detroit population is now under 1 million-a disgrace.
 
jerry old said:
"When Lake Erie – or more exactly the Cuyahoga River which flows into Lake Erie – caught fire in 1969, it ignited a firestorm of public outrage over the indiscriminate dumping of sewage and industrial chemicals into the Great Lakes. But the incident was not particularly unusual."

(an example of hellfire)
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jerry old said:
Michigan was the go to state in 1950's, auto workers pay scale gave them life a life of luxury-as perceived by other states of the union.
They could afford to buy craft to frolic on the Great Lakes.

The two gas embargo, people had get rid of their american monster cars and buy Jap economic transportation

The muscle cars returned in latter 70's amd 80.s, this was crazy. The Middle East can turn off the oil supply at any time:;-we Have a Learning Problem in America!

(I've posted this before, in 1962 Texas Legislator had a bill presented: Raise minimum wage to $1.00 a hour.
I was working in a sweat shop, earning around 60-75 cents an hour. The dirt poor citizens of Texas were eagerly awaiting the results.
One worker stated, 'if we can get that $ 1.00 one dollar an hour, we'll be in high cotton.
This individual, made me reevaluate my further than any person in my life.)

However, the poor folks had NO political power to influence the legislator.
We were used to being poor, it was the way things had always been.

Enlightenment struck" Get out of this state, get education, don't just sit here -move!

Gosh, I've taken the OP South again, sorry

Spent 8 years in Michigan, Lake Huron is turly an awe inspiring sight. The bridge to Canada is arched, you go waaaaaaaay high, scared me..

Detroit population is now under 1 million-a disgrace.
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Hey jerry old you and any and everybody else here can post whatever you want on any threads I post. South, North, East or West it's just peachy keen. Anyway I was ready to log on earlier when I saw your mention of the Cuyahoga River fire so I gleaned whatever I could and I will dovetail your story behind the Lake Ontario post. Cheers.
 
I really enjoyed the beautiful images, thank you for this uplifting post.

I have memories of driving down the QEW in the middle of a blizzard, with ferocious wind gust coming off of Lake Ontario. My sister and I had been in London, Ontario and were heading back to Boston. It would have been sensible to wait til the storm was over, but we both had to be back to work on schedule. This is back in the early 70s, and we were driving a Volkswagen bug with the engine in the back. Everyone was getting stuck, but not us. That little car could go through anything!
 
No thanks necessary guys and goils. My thanks is knowing you all enjoy this. If anybody has any special request please feel free to speak up or you can PM me and I will try my best to accommodate your request in a timely manner. Enjoy and GOD Bless.

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www.lakesuperior.com

www.superiorcircletour.com/

www.outsideonline.com/2183826/superiority-complex

www.nps.gov/piro/learn/nature/lake-superior.htm

www.lsmrr.org

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Superior

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Shore_(Lake_Superior)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Shore_(Lake_Superior)





 
Many years ago We had a road trip across the Northern states and this included crossing Lake Michigan on the SS Badger.
I remember we gave the keys of our hired Cadillac to the crew who managed to cram vehicles in with virtually no space between them. I was surprised the the Badger was coal powered and recently I heard that there was concern because they dumped the ash from the boilers in the lake.
 
fmdog44 said:
Unless I am mistaken the Mississippi River is the largest fresh water body in the world.

I've lost money betting on the Mississippi, I should have remembered the answer. Amazon-not sure.
Goggle: all they show me were a bunch of photos, I want print answer-still don't know.

Finally from Goggle: The Nile is the longest, but Goggle says that's debatable.
Volume of water, or length?

Lost money on greatest volume of fresh water in the world-it is not the Great Lakes-
Lake Balkai in Russia
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World's Largest Lake (by volume):

Lake Baikal is the world's largest freshwater lake in terms of volume. It contains about 5,521 cubic miles of water (23,013 cubic kilometers), or approximately 20% of Earth's fresh surface water. This is a volume of water approximately equivalent to all five of the North American Great Lakes combined.


While Lake Baikal is extremely deep, its surface area is only about 12,248 square miles (31,722 square kilometers), putting it in seventh place worldwide in terms of surface area.
 
However, Lake Michigan and Lake Huron can technically be considered a single lake because they both have the same surface elevation and they are connected by the Mackinac Strait (which is not a river because the water does not have a consistent flow direction).

So, Lake Michigan-Huron could be considered the largest freshwater lake in the world by surface area. It has a total surface area of 45,410 square miles (117,611 square kilometers), which is significantly larger than Lake Superior. The total water volume in Lake Michigan-Huron, at 2,026 cubic miles (8,443 cubic kilometers), is much smaller than the volume of Lake Baikal.

https://geology.com/records/largest-lake.shtml
 

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