Jim Bridger
the great salt lake
He thought he had discovered part of the pacific ocean
Great salt lake
He thought he had discovered part of the Pacific Ocean
The great lakes were discovered around the same time but not all at the same time. They cover a vast area of many hundreds of miles. As explorers traveled west in search of new land they came upon the lakes and made note of them.
He thought he had discovered part of the Pacific Ocean
Tia is the name of the Maori explorer who discovered Lake Taupo and gave it its full name, Taupo Nui a Tia (The Great Cloak of Tia).
Great Slave Lake is the second largest lake in the Northwest Canadian territory and the deepest lake in North America. It is named for the Slave Indian tribe that used to live on its shores. Great Slave Lake was discovered by Samuel Hearne in 1771.
In 1914 oil was discovered in the Lake Maracaibo
Jim Bridger is credited with being the first European to discover the Great Salt Lake in 1824 while working as a fur trapper in the American West.
Lake Huron is one of the five great lakes in North America. It was formed naturally, and discovered by the French when they first explored the region.
The Great Lakes are:Lake HuronLake OntarioLake MichiganLake ErieLake SuperiorAs you can see, none of them have 'great' in their names. Two lakes in Canada that do are Great Slave Lake and Great Bear Lake.