The Great Lakes from space.A map of the Great Lakes Basin showing the five sub-basins within. Left to right they are: Superior (magenta); Michigan (cyan); Huron (pale green); Erie (yellow); Ontario (light coral).
The Great Lakes Commission is a United States interstate agency established in 1955 through the Great Lakes Basin Compact, in order to "promote the orderly, integrated and comprehensive development, use and conservation of the water resources of the Great Lakes Basin,"[1] which includes the Saint Lawrence River. The Great Lakes Commission provides policy development, coordination, and advocacy on issues of regional concern, as well as communication and research services.
The eight member states are Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
The Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec are associate members.
Each state has three votes on matters coming before the commission, while associate members and observers (representing the United States and Canadian federal governments, tribes, and other regional organizations[2]) are permitted to participate in discussions, deliberations and other activities as approved by the commission but have no vote.[3]
There is a separate and distinct entity with a similar brief, the International Joint Commission, which exists between the federal levels of the United States and Canada.
The GreatLakesCommission is a United States interstate agency established in 1955 through the GreatLakes Basin Compact, in order to "promote the orderly...
The GreatLakes (French: Grands Lacs), also called the GreatLakes of North America, are a series of large interconnected freshwater lakes in the east-central...
Pennsylvania's Lake Erie Watershed. The overall GreatLakes Basin is monitored by the binational GreatLakesCommission. Quebec, a portion of whose lands drain...
the North American Great Lakes. Though all of the lakes are naturally connected as a chain, water travel between the lakes was impeded for centuries...
circumnavigating the lakes, either individually or collectively. It was designated by the GreatLakesCommission in 1988. The Lake Superior Circle Tour...
Station GreatLakes (NAVSTA GreatLakes) is the home of the United States Navy's only current boot camp, located near North Chicago, in Lake County, Illinois...
The GreatLakes Fishery Commission is a bi-national commission made up of representatives of the United States and Canada. It was formed by the Convention...
Fountain of the GreatLakes, or Spirit of the GreatLakes Fountain, is an allegorical sculpture and fountain by Lorado Taft. The bronze artwork, created...
Lake Ontario is one of the five GreatLakes of North America. It is bounded on the north, west, and southwest by the Canadian province of Ontario, and...
Lake Erie (/ˈɪəri/ EER-ee; French: Lac Érié) is the fourth-largest lake by surface area of the five GreatLakes in North America and the eleventh-largest...
Open and closed lakes refer to the major subdivisions of lakes – bodies of water surrounded by land. Exorheic, or open, lakes drain into a river or other...
This is a partial list of lakes of Canada. Canada has an extremely large number of lakes, with the number of lakes larger than three square kilometres...
and Wisconsin to the south. It drains into Lake Huron via St. Marys River, then through the lower GreatLakes to the St. Lawrence River and ultimately the...
Lake freighters, or lakers, are bulk carrier vessels operating on the GreatLakes of North America. These vessels are traditionally called boats, although...
all ships in the GreatLakes. During World War II, GLEW was commissioned by Pittsburgh Steamship Company and the U.S. Maritime Commission to build twenty-one...
Alliance for the GreatLakes is a nonprofit environmental organization formed to conserve and restore the freshwater resources of the GreatLakes. Clean water...
Taree and Gloucester Shire. The GreatLakes area is home to the globally significant, Ramsar Convention listed Myall Lakes wetlands. These wetlands are an...
the states that border the GreatLakes have all created several laws, policies, and commissions to try to keep the GreatLakes healthy and un-polluted....
shore of Lake Superior. Eagle Island has the only great blue heron rookery in the park." Good examples of the sea caves of the GreatLakes are located...
The GreatLakes Shipwreck Museum is located at the Whitefish Point Light Station 11 miles (18 km) north of Paradise in Chippewa County in the U.S. state...
expanded with the signing of the GreatLakes Water Quality Agreement of 1972 (later amended 1987 and 2012). The commission deals with issues affecting the...
GreatLakes Theater, originally known as the GreatLakes Shakespeare Festival, is a professional classic theater company in Cleveland, Ohio, United States...
potential new projects—at any time. GreatLakes Compact Council of GreatLakes Governors GreatLakesCommissionGreatLakes Areas of Concern Clean Water Act...
exist in some areas of the GreatLakes and smaller lakes in northern Canada. Commercial fishing by Ojibwe for Lake Trout in Lake Superior is permitted under...
into which it drains. Examples of such interstate compacts are the GreatLakesCommission and the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency. In hydrology, the drainage...
both the GreatLakes and the oceans. The academy is located in Traverse City, Michigan, on Grand Traverse Bay in Lake Michigan. The GreatLakes Maritime...
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