Great Lakes region (North America)
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Image:Map of USA highlighting Great Lakes region.svg
The Great Lakes states of the U.S. are colored red in this map.
The Great Lakes region includes much of the Canadian province of Ontario and eight U.S. states that border the Great Lakes. The entire Canadian Great Lakes shoreline is in Ontario.
In the United States, "Great Lakes" is often used to identify areas which share similarities with the Northeast and Midwest, but don't fully fit in with either.
The U.S. states in the region are:
And the Canadian Province of:
Major U.S. cities often regionally identified as "Great Lakes:"
And the major Canadian cities of:
Other cities and towns which are important to the region:
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Great Lakes Information Network
- Midwest Lakes Policy Center
- The Nature Conservancy's Great Lakes Program
Geographic regions of the United States | |
|---|---|
| Northeast | New England - Mid-Atlantic • East Coast - Atlantic Northeast |
| Midwest | E North Central - W North Central • Upper Midwest • Great Lakes - Great Plains |
| South | Upland South - Deep South - Gulf Coast • South Atlantic - Southeast - South Central |
| West | Pacific/West Coast - Mountain • Northwest - Southwest • Pacific Northwest - Great Basin |
| Other | North - East - Central • Coastal - International Border |
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