the Erie Canal
Yes, the Great Lakes are not directly connected to the ocean. They are a series of interconnected freshwater lakes located in North America.
The Great Lakes are connected to the ocean through the St. Lawrence Seaway, a system of locks and canals that allows ships to travel from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.
The Erie canal from Albany to Buffalo connected the Hudson River with the Great Lakes...
NYC was connected to the Great Lakes through the Hudson River and the Erie Canal.
The canal connected the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean. This connection made it much easier for ships to make it from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean, which made transport and shipping much faster.
The canal connected the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean. This connection made it much easier for ships to make it from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean, which made transport and shipping much faster.
they are connected
The Great Lakes are not salty because they are filled with freshwater from rivers and streams, and are not connected to the ocean.
That would have been a great construction project, but no, they are not man made. They were formed by the action of glaciers. Lake Superior (by itself) is almost 350 miles long, and 150 miles wide.
St. Lawrence
Gulf of St. Lawernce
The first major canal project in the United States was the Erie Canal. It connected the St. Lawrence River with the Great Lakes bring commerce to the center of the new nation.