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The Great Lakes:
 An Environmental Atlas and Resource Book

Chapter One - Introduction: The Great Lakes

Chapter Two - Natural Processes in the Great Lakes

Chapter Three - People and the Great Lakes

Chapter Four - The Great Lakes Today - Concerns

Chapter Five - Joint Management of the Great Lakes

Chapter Six - New Directions for the Great Lakes Community

Glossary
Conversion Table (Metric to Imperial Values)
References and Suggestions for Further Reading
Sources for Maps

Great Lakes Factsheet No. 2

 

Land and Shoreline Uses

  Superior
% 		Michigan
% 		Huron
% 		Erie
% 		Ontario
%
Basin Land Use Agricultural Canada 0.5   21 80 49
    U.S. 6.0 44 40 63 33
    Total 3.0 44 27 67 39
  Residential Canada 0.1   1 4 6
    U.S. 3.0 9 6 12 8
    Total 1.0 9 2 10 7
  Forest Canada 98.7   75 15 42
    U.S. 80.0 41 52 23 53
    Total 91.0 41 68 21 49
  Other Canada 0.7   3 1 3
    U.S. 11.0 6 2 2 6
    Other 5.0 6 3 1 5
Shoreline Use Residential Canada n/a   34 39 25
    U.S. n/a 39 42 45 40
  Recreational Canada n/a   8 8 15
    U.S. n/a 24 4 13 12
  Agricultural Canada n/a   4 21 30
    U.S. n/a 20 15 14 33
  Commercial Canada n/a   35 10 18
    U.S. n/a 12 32 12 8
  Other Canada n/a   19 22 12
    U.S. n/a 5 7 16 7

Source: Bulletins E-1866-70, Sea Grant College Program, Cooperative Extension Service, Michigan State University, E. Lansing, Michigan, 1985.

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