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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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What are the meanings behind the names of the Great Lakes?
from Brooke in Palm Harbor, FL, Age 11
Most of the Great Lakes are named after groups of Native Peoples of the Great Lakes Region or after particular words in their languages. For example, in the language of the Iroquois, the word Ontara means "lake," and Ontario translates to "beautiful lake." On early maps, what is now called Lake Huron was often labeled in French as Lac des Hurons, which means "Lake of the Huron (Indians)".
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TEACH: What's in a name?
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Answered on May 17, 2001