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Sturgeon studies and students
Great Lakes Echo (4/2)
Researchers at Michigan’s Black Lake are studying threats to sturgeon and using their findings to teach biology to students from kindergarten through high school.
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Does the Welland Ship Canal connect two of the lakes?
from Jennie in Emporia, Kansas
The Welland Canal connects Lakes Ontario and Erie. The canal was necessary
because the Niagara River, the natural connection between the lakes, has
impassable falls and rapids (Niagara Falls, to name one). Therefore, the
canal forms an important link for the shipping industry in the Great
Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway system.
Welland canal was built (1914-32) to replace a canal opened in 1829, and was
modernized and enlarged in 1972. The canal is 27 miles long with a minimum
depth of 30 feet, and it contains eight locks, guiding ships up and down the
326 foot difference in elevation between Lake Ontario and Lake Erie.
For a detailed history of the Welland Canal, go to:
The Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway web page.
Thank you for your question!
Answered on January 5, 2001