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Yes! All of the Great Lakes are interconnected. Between L.Erie and L.Ontario is a river that has Niagara falls, but there is a lock system that goes around the falls that the ships use to navigate. This is true for rivers between the other great lakes.

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They travel through the St. Lawrence Seaway, which is a series of canals that travel from Eastern Canada, down to the northern edge of New England (United States).

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They use the St. Lawrence River.

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