Great lakes

The Great Lakes

By dmtehle1
  • Hudson Bay Company is formed and fur trading begins on Lake Superior

    Hudson Bay Company is formed and fur trading begins on Lake Superior

  • First sailing ship to travel the upper Great Lakes - Le Griffon

    First sailing ship to travel the upper Great Lakes - Le Griffon

    Ship was lost in a storm on the return voyage
  • British Warship HMS Ontario sinks in Lake Ontario

    British Warship HMS Ontario sinks in Lake Ontario

    The largest British warship on the Great Lakes during the American Revolutionary War.
  • The first lighthouse on the Great Lakes began to function

    The first lighthouse on the Great Lakes began to function

    On Lake Ontario at the Niagara River
  • First passenger steamers on the Great Lakes

    First passenger steamers on the Great Lakes

  • Erie Canal officially opens

    Erie Canal officially opens

  • Discovery of iron ore on the Mesabi Range

  • The first successful iron ore mine is drilled on the Mesabi Iron Range by the Merritt brothers

    The first successful iron ore mine is drilled on the Mesabi Iron Range by the Merritt brothers

  • Boundary Waters Treaty is signed

    Boundary Waters Treaty is signed

    The treaty was put in place to resolve any disputes over any waters bordering the US and Canada.
  • Great Lakes Storm of 1913

    Great Lakes Storm of 1913

    The most destructve natural disaster to hit the Great Lakes
  • Mini tsunami "seiche" strikes on Lake Michigan

    Mini tsunami "seiche" strikes on Lake Michigan

  • The Mackinac Bridge Opens

    The Mackinac Bridge Opens

    It connects the lower and upper peninsula of Michigan where Lake Michigan meets Lake Huron. It is the 5th longest suspension bridge in the world
  • Dr. Suess Publishes the Lorax in response to the worsening pollution

    Dr. Suess Publishes the Lorax in response to the worsening pollution

    A Humming fish from the book said "I here things are just as dreary down in Lake Erie". In the late 1960's and early 1970's pollution was very bad in the U.S. In Lake Erie it was almost impossible for fish to live in.
  • Great Lakes Water Quality Agreeement is signed

    Great Lakes Water Quality Agreeement is signed

    By Canada's Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and President Richard Nixon.
  • Storm winds damage shoreline of Lake Erie

    Storm winds damage shoreline of Lake Erie

    Northeast storm winds reached velocities of over 50 kilometres per hour
  • The SS Edmund Fitzgerald Sinks in Lake Superior

    The SS Edmund Fitzgerald Sinks in Lake Superior

    The largest ship to have sunk in the Great Lakes
  • Ice Covers 94.7% of the Great Lakes

    Ice Covers 94.7% of the Great Lakes

  • Above average precipitation and storms cause flooding and erosion on Lake Erie

    Above average precipitation and storms cause flooding and erosion on Lake Erie

    The storms destroyed cottages, washed out access roads, eroded beaches, uprooted trees and breached dykes
  • Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory and the State of Michigan, the Institute for Exploration Discover Submerged Sinkholes found in Lake Huron

    Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory and the State of Michigan, the Institute for Exploration Discover Submerged Sinkholes found in Lake Huron

  • Ice covers 88% of the Great Lakes

    Ice covers 88% of the Great Lakes

    Image taken by Nasa's Aqua satellite