Great Lakes

plural noun

1. a series of five lakes between the United States and Canada, comprising Lakes Erie, Huron, Michigan, Ontario, and Superior; connected with the Atlantic Ocean by the St. Lawrence River.

Great Lakes

plural noun

1. a group of five lakes in central North America with connecting waterways: the largest group of lakes in the world: consists of Lakes Superior, Huron, Erie, and Ontario, which are divided by the border between the US and Canada and Lake Michigan, which is wholly in the US; constitutes the most important system of inland waterways in the world, discharging through the St Lawrence into the Atlantic. Total length: 3767 km (2340 miles). Area: 246 490 sq km (95 170 sq miles)

Great Lakes

1. Group of five large freshwater bodies in central North America . They include, west to east, Lake Superior , Lake Michigan , Lake Huron , Lake Erie , and Lake Ontario . Except for Lake Michigan, which is entirely within the United States, the Great Lakes serve as borders between the United States and Canada .

Notes

Major shipping route through the St. Lawrence River to the Atlantic Ocean .

Example Sentences

The esteemed chef was a finalist at this year’s James Beard Award in the “Best Chef: Great Lakes” category.

From Salon

The changes in the Great Lakes since the 1990s show how severely an ecosystem can be upended by an invasion of non-native mussels, Rypel said.

From Los Angeles Times

While these vote margins could shift, narrow Trump victories in Georgia and North Carolina would mean all eyes once again turn to the Democratic “Blue Wall” states along the Great Lakes.

From BBC

Harris's so-called "blue" wall, named for the colour of the Democratic Party, stretches across Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin in the Great Lakes region.

From BBC

Her father owned the Great Lakes Carbon Corp., a coal brokerage that became one of the largest privately held corporations in America.

From Los Angeles Times