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  1. African Great Lakes

    About the lakes in Africa other uses of the term Great Lakes Great Lakes disambiguation Image GreatLakesAfrica.jpg thumb 180px right The African Great Lakes and the East African coastline as seen from ... Victoria Victoria br T Lake Tanganyika Tanganyika br M Lake Malawi Malawi The African Great Lakes are a series of lake s constituting the part of the Rift Valley lakes in and around the East African ... of size from largest to smallest, are included on most lists of the African Great Lakes Lake Victoria ... to use other categorizations such as African Rift Valley Lakes or East African Lakes . African Great Lakes region The African Great Lake region is likewise somewhat loose. It is used in a narrow sense for the area lying between northern Lake Tanganyika, western Lake Victoria, and lakes Kivu, Edward ... of Africa Category Lakes of Africa Category Lakes of the Great Rift Valley Category Lake groups Category African Great Lakes The below are interlanguage links. ar frp Grants .... cn date November 2011 The term Greater Lakes is also used, less commonly, for some of them. The African Great Lakes are divided among three different drainage basin catchment s river basins , and a number ... Some call only Lake Victoria, Lake Albert, and Lake Edward the Great Lakes, as they are the only three that empty into the White Nile . Lake Kyoga is part of Great Lakes system, but is not itself considered a Great Lake, based on size alone. Lake Tanganyika and Lake Kivu both empty into the Congo River ... border one of the Great Lakes. Because of the density of population and the agricultural surplus ... Jean Pierre Chr tien. The Great Lakes of Africa Two Thousand Years of History trans Scott Straus .... Two other lakes close to Lake Tanganyika do not appear on the lists despite being larger than ... population until the 1950s. While seen as a region with great potential after independence, the region ... escaped. The worst affected areas have been left in great poverty. See also 2008 Rwanda earthquake ...   more details



  1. Clan (African Great Lakes)

    In the African Great Lakes region, the clan is a unit of social organisation. It is the oldest societal structure in the region, other than family and direct lineage. The structure is found in modern day Rwanda , Burundi , Tanzania and Uganda . Etymology The term clan was first used in the nineteenth century by Europeans, due to the similarities to other clan systems found across the world. sfn Chr tien 2003 p 88 The people of the area use a variety of vernacular terms to describe the concept ubwoko in Rwanda, umuryango in Burundi, ruganda in the Bunyoro and Buhaya kingdoms, igise in Buha , ishanja in Buhavu and ebika in Buganda. sfn Chr tien 2003 p 89 Description Clan membership is a loose concept, with the correlation to lineage based more on oral tradition and personal belief than on concrete evidence. sfn Chr tien 2003 p 88 Clan members have dispersed over time, and are no longer associated with particular regions. sfn Chr tien 2003 p 88 Clans differ somewhat in their nature from country to country in Rwanda the clan is a very structured unit, with twenty in total, themselves divided into subclans. The same holds in Nkore, which has only four clans. sfn Chr tien 2003 p 89 Notes reflist References refbegin cite book last Chr tien first Jean Pierre year 2003 title The Great Lakes of Africa Two Thousand Years of History edition Hardcover location Cambridge, MA publisher MIT Press isbn 1 890951 34 X url http books.google.com books?id Ezo5PQAACAAJ accessdate 2010 10 18 ref harv refend Category Clans by nation Category History of Africa Category Kinship and descent ...   more details



  1. African Lakes

    The African Lakes Corporation plc ALC is a United Kingdom British company which operated businesses in Africa. It is often referred to as just African Green Lakes . The company was originally established as the Livingstonia Central Africa Company in 1877 78, headquartered in Glasgow and managed by John Moir and Frederick Moir . Their focus was on trade and transportation opportunities, both to make a profit and to develop European influence in the area. They established trading posts at locations from Nyasaland down to the mouth of the Zambezi River and operated a number of steamboats on Lake Nyasa . It was renamed African Lakes Corporation in 1894. A rail link established in 1908 reduced the importance of the steamers company focused on its Mandala stores, and established an automotive business Mandala Motors in 1924, which grew to include 11 countries in Africa. It was later absorbed by the British South Africa Company , and operated general stores known as Mandala , but in 1982 was re registered as The African Lakes Corporation plc . During the 1980s and in order to utilise ACT paid on dividends to shareholders, the Company acquired several profitable motor dealerships in the UK. During the recession in the mid 1990s the Company was forced to dispose its UK Motor Group as these were incurring losses the Company could not sustain. It then successfully raised new capital, bringing in new investors, to clear residual debt and expand its activities. The Company was successful after this in raising additional capital and acquired further Automotive and IT distribution companies, disposed of its hotel group in Malawi and then acquired Africa Online , an Internet Service Provider based in Nairobi. Thus the Company focused on three core activities, automotive, IT distribution and internet in sub saharan Africa, but thereafter made the internet its focus. This proved to be a the Company ... ed. Scarecrow Press, 2001 ISBN 0 8108 3481 2 External links http www.africanlakes.com African Lakes ...   more details



  1. Great Lakes

    lead too short date March 2012 About the Great Lakes of North America the region Great Lakes region North America other uses of this term Great Lakes disambiguation pp move indef small yes File Great Lakes from space.jpg thumb A rare cloudless satellite view of the entire Great Lakes region, April 24, 2000. File Great Lakes.svg thumb A map showing the Great Lakes. File Great Lakes Basin.svg thumb A map showing the Great Lakes and their Drainage basin watershed , with State, Provincial and International boundaries. File Sediment and Algae Color the Great Lakes.jpg thumb The Great Lakes after a storm in October 2011. The storm brought sediment and algae to the surface of the lakes. The Great Lakes ... title Great Lakes U.S. EPA publisher Epa.gov date 2006 06 28 accessdate 2011 02 19 ref ... in the Great Lakes Region publisher Biology.usgs.gov date 2003 11 20 accessdate 2011 02 19 ref ... cite web url http www.epa.gov glnpo physfacts.html title Great Lakes Basic Information Physical ..., and volumes of the Great Lakes. colspan 2 timeline ImageSize width 595 height 250 PlotArea width 525 ... web url http www.epa.gov glnpo atlas gl fact1.html title Great Lakes Atlas Factsheet 1 accessdate ... profile of the Great Lakes. Because the surfaces of Lakes Superior, Huron, Michigan, and Erie are all ... great lakes . This designation, however, is not universal. Those living on the shore of Lake Superior ... web url http www.sciencedaily.com releases 2009 01 090113101122.htm title Great Lakes Water Levels ... is the largest city on the Great Lakes File Skyline of Toronto viewed from Harbour.jpg thumb right Toronto on Lake Ontario is the second largest city on the Great Lakes File DowntownDetroit.jpg thumb Detroit is the third largest metropolitan area linking Great Lakes system and the region s central metropolitan area. The Chicago River and Calumet River systems connect the Great Lakes waterways ... of the islands of the Great Lakes, with a count of approximately 30,000. The North Channel Ontario ...   more details



  1. Great Lakes (disambiguation)

    The Great Lakes are a collection of large fresh water lakes in northeastern North America. Great Lakes or Great Lake may also refer to Lakes African Great Lakes , a collection of lakes in and around the Great Rift Valley in eastern Africa Great Lake Britain , a lake on the River Poulter in Nottinghamshire, England Great Lake, Tasmania , a lake in Australia The Great Lakes District, another named for the Perth Wetlands in Perth, Western Australia Other uses Great Lakes band , a project of the Elephant Six Collective Great Lakes Metra , a railway station in Lake Bluff, Illinois, United States Great Lakes region , the area near the Great Lakes in the United States and Canada Little League World Series Great Lakes Region , a U.S. region in baseball s Little League World Series Great Lakes Airlines , a United States regional airline based in Denver, Colorado Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation , a lending body that specializes in educational loans Great Lakes Chemical Corporation , now part of Chemtura Corporation Great Lakes Council , New South Wales, Australia Great Lakes Institute of Management , based in Chennai, India Great Lake Swimmers , a Canadian musical group Naval Station Great Lakes , a United States Navy base located north of Chicago, Illinois Great Lakes Aircraft Company , manufacturer of the 2T 1A Sport Trainer biplane Great Lakes Commission , U.S. agency The Great Lakes album , an album by Emm Gryner See also Inland sea disambiguation Lookfrom Great Lake Intitle Great Lake disambiguation ar an Grans Lacos br Lenno Meur ca Grans Llacs cs Velk jezera rozcestn k da Store s er de Great Lakes es Grandes Lagos desambiguaci n fr Grands Lacs ko it Grandi laghi nl Great Lakes sk Ve k jazer roa tara Granne Laghe vec Grandi Laghi zh ...   more details



  1. Great Lakes Energy

    advert date January 2012 File GreatLakesEnergy logo.jpg Great Lakes Energy is a social enterprise founded by Sam Dargan in 2005. The company s headquarters is located in Kigali , Rwanda and primarily serves the East African market. Great Lakes Energy s mission is to provide rural communities access to hot water, communication, health, and education by means of alternative energy solutions. Currently the company provides NGO s, hospitals, and schools with optimized photovoltaic system designs. They also provide jobs by training local Rwandans on how to engineer and install these systems. Additionally, Great Lakes Energy provides training to other social entrepreneurs learning to operate in Africa . Great Lakes Energy also owns the Akira Urumuri brand which primarily provides off the shelf solutions for rural households. Akira Urumuri products include solar powered lamps and solar powered mobile phone chargers. References http www.changemakers.com socialbusiness entries business training rural solar entrepreneurs br https www.engineeringforchange.org news 2010 12 10 clean tech awareness brought to you by.html br External links http www.energyforafrica.com energyforafrica.com Affiliated Website Category Non governmental organizations of Africa Category Organizations established in 2005 Category Social enterprise Category Energy companies of Africa Category Solar power in Rwanda Category Energy in Rwanda Category Companies of Rwanda ...   more details



  1. Great Lakes Curling Association

    File Great Lakes Curling Logo.jpg ... 100px The Logo of the Great Lakes Curling Association The Great Lakes Curling Association is a regional association of the United States Curling Association encompassing the states of Michigan , Ohio , Indiana , Kentucky and Tennessee . ref By Laws of the Great Lakes Curling Association http www.greatlakescurling.org html glca bylaws.html ref References references Category Curling in Canada Category Curling in the United States curling stub ...   more details



  1. Great Lakes Basin

    Image Great lakes basin.jpg thumb 300px Map of Great Lakes Basin. The Great Lakes Basin consists of the Great Lakes and the surrounding lands of the states of Illinois , Indiana , Michigan , Minnesota , New York , Ohio , Pennsylvania , and Wisconsin in the United States , and the province of Ontario in Canada , whose direct surface runoff and watersheds form a large drainage basin that feeds into the lakes. Sub basins Each individual lake forms a sub basin, such as the Lake Erie Basin , and each sub basin consists of multiple watersheds, such as Pennsylvania s Lake Erie Watershed Pennsylvania Lake Erie Watershed . The overall Great Lakes Basin is monitored by the binational Great Lakes Commission . St. Lawrence Basin Quebec , a portion of whose lands drain into the St. Lawrence Basin, is a signatory to the Great Lakes Charter of 1985, the 2001 Charter Annex, and the Agreements of 2005. ref http www.mddep.gouv.qc.ca eau grandslacs en 2005 index.htm Great Lakes Basin Sustainable Water Resources Agreement, Government of Quebec ref While not a part of the Great Lakes Basin, Quebec s position along the Saint Lawrence Seaway makes it a partner in water resource management with Ontario and the eight US states mentioned above. See also Grand River Michigan Grand River Lake Ontario Waterkeeper Speed River drainage basin Watershed Notes Image Great Lakes Basin.svg thumb 300px Another map of the Great Lakes Basin. reflist External links http www.glc.org Great Lakes Commission http www.mddep.gouv.qc.ca eau bassinversant regionshydro index.htm Hydrographic Regions of Quebec Greatlakes Category Watersheds of the United States Category Watersheds of Canada Category Great Lakes ...   more details



  1. Great Lakes Charter

    Infobox Treaty name The Great Lakes Charter long name Principles for the Management of Great Lakes Water Resources image image width caption type date drafted date signed February 11, 1985 location signed Milwaukee, Wisconsin date sealed date effective condition effective Signed by 8 Great Lakes Governors and 2 Premiers date expiration signatories flagicon Illinois flagicon Indiana flagicon Michigan flagicon Minnesota flagicon New York flagicon Ohio flagicon Ontario flagicon Pennsylvania flagicon Quebec flagicon Wisconsin parties depositor languages French language French , English language English website wikisource The Great Lakes Charter is a good faith agreement among the Governors of the U.S. states of Illinois , Indiana , Michigan , Minnesota , New York , Ohio , Pennsylvania and Wisconsin , and the Premiers of the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec . The charter outlines a series of principles to collectively manage the use of the Great Lakes Basin s water supply. It also includes a notice and consultation process for proposals to divert large amounts of water out of the Basin and for large in Basin uses. It was signed on February 11, 1985. ref http www.cglg.org projects water docs GreatLakesCharter.pdf The Great Lakes Charter , Council of Great Lakes Governors, Retrieved March 31, 2010. ref In 2001, the Great Lakes Governors and Premiers signed an Annex to the Great Lakes Charter. This led to the Great Lakes St. Lawrence River Basin Sustainable Water Resources Agreement of 2005 and the Great Lakes Compact which became effective in 2008. The Council of Great Lakes Governors serves as secretariat to the Governors and Premiers Regional Body created by the Agreement and the Governors Compact Council created by the Compact. References reflist Category Great Lakes Category Canada United States treaties Category Treaties concluded in 1985 ...   more details



  1. Great Lakes Quilt Center

    Old and New Reproductions from the Great Lakes Quilt Center Quilting Sisters African American ...The Great Lakes Quilt Center is Michigan State University Museum s center of quilt related research, education ... numbers over 700 with significant examples from Michigan and the Great Lakes region , examples of quilts from numerous African countries, major ethnographic collections of Native Americans in the United States Native American quilts and Michigan African American quilts, and special collections assembled ..., and Social Sciences OnLine and the Alliance for American Quilts, the MSU Museum Great Lakes ... on Great Lakes quilting Initiate educational and exhibition programs to bring quilting history ... information on Great Lakes quilts, quilters, and quilting Collections The Great Lakes Quilt Center is home to several distinct quilt and textile collections. These include Michigan African American ... for Indigenous peoples of the Americas American Indian Art, Santa Fe, NM, 1998 Great Lakes Native Quilting ... Schafer A Legacy of Quilt History, MSUM, 2001 Quilts from the MSU Museum , Novi, MI, 2001 Great Lakes ... Museum, Japan, 2003 Quilts Old and New Reproductions from the Great Lakes Quilt Center, MSUM, 2003 ... by the Great Lakes Quilt Center To Honor and Comfort Native Quilting Traditions Great Lakes Native ... of War virtual Projects Projects directed by the Great Lakes Quilt Center include Michigan Quilt ... Great Lakes Folk Festival , a three day festival held in August of each year in East Lansing, Michigan that features traditional music, arts, and foods significant to the Great Lakes region GLQC Projects .... Ed. Great Lakes , Great Quilts. Lafayette, Calif. C&T Pub., 2001. MacDowell, Marsha and Ruth D. Fitzgerald ... University Museum , 1987. References Great Lakes Quilt Center GLQC http museum.msu.edu glqc index.html ... Quilt Collection Merry and Albert Silber Quilt Collection Cuesta Benberry African and African ... Hilton, 1989 Quilts of Rosie Wilkins Improvisational Quiltmaking in the African American Tradition ...   more details



  1. Iowa Great Lakes

    Image Wpdms usgs iowa great lakes.jpg thumbnail right 300px The Iowa Great Lakes Region, showing Spirit Lake top , West Okoboji Lake left , and East Okoboji Lake right . Map courtesy of USGS The Iowa Great Lakes are a group of natural glacial lakes in Dickinson County, Iowa Dickinson County in northwestern Iowa in the United States . The three principal lakes of the group are Spirit Lake Iowa Spirit Lake , West Okoboji Lake , and East Okoboji Lake . They are the largest natural lakes in the state of Iowa. The largest, Spirit Lake, is 5,684 acres 23  km . The area is often referred to simply as Okoboji . The region is a popular destination for fishermen, both in summer and winter, as well as being one of Iowa s most popular vacation destinations. See also University of Okoboji Iowa geology Iowa coord 43.3851 95.1080 type waterbody region US IA display title Category Geography of Dickinson County, Iowa Category Lakes of Iowa Category Regions of Iowa Category Visitor attractions in Dickinson County, Iowa Iowa geo stub de Iowa Great Lakes pt Iowa Great Lakes ...   more details



  1. Great Lakes Transportation

    Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Image Logo of Great Lakes Transportation LLC.png thumb 300px The G.L.T. logo Great Lakes Transportation LLC is a group of transportation related companies primarily consisting of rail and water carriers catering to the needs of the steel making industry centered around the Great Lakes of North America . GLT companies include Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway Great Lakes Fleet, Inc. Pittsburgh & Conneaut Dock Company Formerly owned by the privately owned Transtar, Inc. , GLT s rail and marine holdings were purchased in 2004 by the Canadian National Railway for 380 million United States Dollar USD . Great Lakes Fleet operates eight Great Lakes bulk carriers ranging from 1,004 feet long to 767 feet long. Category United States railroad holding companies Category Transportation companies of the United States Category Canadian National Railway subsidiaries US rail company stub Transport company stub fr Great Lakes Transportation ja ...   more details



  1. Alliance for the Great Lakes

    Infobox Organization name Alliance for the Great Lakes image image border size caption map msize mcaption abbreviation AGL motto formation 1970 extinction type Non governmental organization status purpose headquarters Chicago, Illinois location region served USA membership language leader title Chairman leader name Jack Bails main organ parent organization affiliations num staff num volunteers budget website http www.greatlakes.org www.greatlakes.org remarks The Alliance for the Great Lakes was originally founded in 1970 by Lee Botts as the Lake Michigan Federation, which Botts had established a year earlier as a project of The Openlands Project in Chicago. The purpose of the Lake Michigan Federation was to promote awareness and policy to protect and preserve the Lake Michigan. In 2005, the Alliance for the Great Lakes was formed, while maintaining the LMF as an internal project still dedicated to Lake Michigan . ref http www.greatlakes.org Page.aspx?pid 309 About The Alliance , Alliance for the Great Lakes, Retrieved September 22, 2009. ref Accomplishments In 1971, succesfful lobbying of Chicago Mayor Richard Daley resulted in Chicago becoming the first city to ban phosphates in detergents and established their first offices in Washington, D.C. to begin lobbying for the Clean Water Act . Successfully challenges in federal court the license of the Palisades nuclear plant in Michigan ... placed in the Toxic Substances Contract Act of 1976. In 1978, the worked with the Great Lakes states and Canada to update the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. In 1990, they successfully challenged the state of Illinois giveaway of lakebottom land in the lawsuit Alliance for the Great Lakes v. U.S. ... Drive runoff by 98 . In 2002, they authored the Great Lakes Legacy Act , which resulted in 270 million ... , Alliance for the Great Lakes, Retrieved September 22, 2009. ref References reflist Category Environmental organizations based in the United States Category Great Lakes Category Environmental ...   more details



  1. Great Lakes Aircraft Company

    Image Example. Melclose.jpg thumb right 1932 Great Lakes 2T 1A Infobox company name The Great Lakes Aircraft ... parent divisions subsid homepage http www.greatlakesaircraftcompany.com Great Lakes Company footnotes intl Great Lakes Aircraft Company is an aircraft manufacturer known for the 2T 1A Sport Trainer ... In 1929, the Great Lakes Aircraft Company GLAC was formed in Cleveland, Ohio at the former site of the Martin ..., Great Lakes aircraft, is the enduring 2T biplane also known as the Great Lakes Sport Trainer. It was designed ... and Travel Air . ref http www.greatlakesaircraftcompany.com Great Lakes Company. greatlakesaircraftcompany.com. Retrieved December 16, 2010. ref File Great Lakes 2T 1A Sportster 2834548299 .jpg thumb left Great Lakes 2T 1A Sportster The original models had a wing span of 26 feet 8  inches and length ... when looking at a Sport Trainer. At its peak, Great Lakes had as many as 650 deposits for new aircraft. With the onset of the great depression, the Great Lakes Aircraft Company went out of business closing ... of the 30s and 40 s, made the Great Lakes Sport Trainer famous. He had one specially modified and installed ..., the Great Lakes Sport Trainer was the top American made acro plane. Other pilots who made the Great ... number homebuilt Great Lakes Sport Trainers built over the years, which kept interest in this old biplane alive. In the later 1970s, the Great Lakes 2T 1A was built in Eastman, Georgia. After a run of three or four years, the factory was closed. In 1973 Doug Champlin brought the Great Lakes back into production ... also built one Turbine powered Great Lakes 2T. With 420  hp 310  kW , it was quite a show ... Powered Great Lakes....No, We re Not Kidding. Air Progress , November 1976 via airbum.com . Retrieved December 16, 2010. ref In 2000, John Duncan of Palmer Lake, Colorado , bought the Great Lakes Sport .... Duncan s company today is called The Great Lakes Aircraft Company LLC. Product Great Lakes BG Great Lakes B2G Great Lakes TG Great Lakes XSG Great Lakes TBG Great Lakes Sport Trainer Great Lakes 2 S W ...   more details



  1. Great Lakes Fishery Commission

    The Great Lakes Fishery Commission is a bi national commission made up of representatives of the United States and Canada . It was formed by the Convention on Great Lakes Fisheries , ratified in 1955. It has eight members four members are appointed by the President of the United States , serving six year terms, and four are appointed by the Privy Council of Canada . ref cite web title GLFC in Brief url http www.glfc.org aboutus brief.php accessdate 2010 01 30 ref The commission is charged, under Article Four of the Convention on Great Lakes Fisheries, with conducting research and making recommendations on the management of Great Lakes fisheries, as well attempting the eradication of the sea lamprey from the Great Lakes. References reflist External links http www.glfc.org Official commission website Category International organizations Category Fisheries organizations int org stub fr Commission des p cheries des Grands Lacs ...   more details



  1. Great Lakes Chemical Corporation

    Image Great Lakes Chemical Corporation.png right 250px The Great Lakes Chemical Corporation logo Great Lakes Chemical Corporation is a chemical research, production, sales and distribution company that produces specialty chemicals used for polymers, fire suppressants and retardants, pool and spa water purification systems and various other applications. Since 2005, it has been part of Chemtura Corporation . History Great Lakes Chemical Company was founded in Michigan in 1936 to extract bromine from underground salt water brine deposits. It was acquired by McClanahan Oil in 1948 and rechristened Great Lakes Oil and Chemical Company, but by 1960 the company had moved away from oil and gas, instead focusing on the research and production of bromine based chemicals. At about this time, the company assumed its current name Great Lakes Chemical Corporation and built the world s largest bromine plant in southern Arkansas. Great Lakes grew through the following decades, acquiring several smaller companies in its market and establishing its world headquarters in West Lafayette, Indiana . Among those acquired by Great Lakes was BioLab in 1996, a producer of pool and spa products. In July 2005, Great Lakes merged with Crompton Corporation formerly Crompton and Knowles to form Chemtura Corporation , now headquartered in Philadelphia . The ticker symbol for Great Lakes on the New York Stock Exchange was GLK. Environmental impact Great Lakes is the largest U.S. methyl bromide supplier in the U.S. producing more than 40 million pounds annually at their El Dorado, Arkansas plants. Great Lakes Chemical s involvement in the bromine business has its roots in leaded gasoline. When tetraethyl ... to be phased out in the U.S., Great Lakes developed international markets for its products. Globalization ... article.php?id 904 CorpWatch Great Lakes Chemical Corporation Bot generated title ref Great Lakes was a major producer of polybrominated diphenyl ethers. These compounds were marketed ...   more details



  1. Naval Museum Great Lakes

    class infobox vcard Great Lakes Naval Museum Established January 12, 2009 Location Building 42, 610 Farragut Avenue Great Lakes, IL 60088 Type U.S. Navy Naval History Website http www.history.navy.mil museums greatlakes index.htm Great Lakes Naval Museum The Great Lakes Naval Museum is one of 13 Navy museums ref http www.history.navy.mil museums index.html ref that are operated by the Naval History & Heritage Command . As an official Department of the Navy Museum, the Great Lakes Naval Museum s mission is to select, collect, preserve, and interpret the history of the United States Navy with particular emphasis on the Navy s only boot camp at the Naval Station Great Lakes Naval Training Station Center at Great Lakes , Illinois. ref http www.history.navy.mil museums greatlakes history.htm ref Collections and Exhibits The museum s permanent exhibits include material related to Recruit Training Command, the history of women and diversity in the Navy, and the History of Great Lakes Naval Station and its impact on the Navy as a whole. History In January 2009 the Great Lakes Naval Museum became an official Department of the Navy Museum operated by the Naval History and Heritage Command. The Great Lakes Naval Museum is located in Building 42 at Naval Station Great Lakes. Also known as The Hostess House, the facility was designed in 1942 by prominent architect Gordon Bunshaft of the prestigious architectural firm Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill SOM . Building 42 is one of the New York architect s earliest works in the United States. The building played a historic role in the training of Naval recruits in World War II and served as a meeting place for tens of thousands of recruits, their families ... Great Lakes Naval Museum webpage. Naval History & Heritage Command official website http www.greatlakesnavalmuseum.org en the museum The Museum webpage. Great Lakes Naval Museum Foundation official website http www.greatlakesnavalmuseum.org Great Lakes Naval Museum Foundation official website ...   more details



  1. Great Lakes Protection Fund

    Infobox Organization name Great Lakes Protection Fund image SeaWiFS Image of Great Lakes from Space.png ... www.glpf.org remarks The Great Lakes Protection Fund is a publicly capitalized, private corporation created in 1989 by the Governors of the states surrounding the Great Lakes . The Fund invests ... purposes first, to test new regional actions that improve the health of the Great Lakes and second, to provide resources for states to support their individual Great Lakes priorities. ref Mehan, G. Tracy III. An Excerpt from the Final Report on An Enquiry for the Great Lakes Protection Fund. March 29 ... files files Enquiry 20Rpt 20Summary 20for 20web.pdf . ref History The governors of seven Great Lakes states signed an official agreement on February 26, 1989 to create the Great Lakes Protection Fund. ref Council of Great Lakes Governors. Governors Sign Agreement Protection Fund is Official. Council Commentary A Newsletter of the Council of Great Lakes Governors. Volume 2, Number 1. Spring 1989 ... Lakes Governors. ref Council of Great Lakes Governors. Great Lakes Governors Announce Permanent Commitment to Water Quality. Press release. February 1988. ref Seven Great Lakes Region Great Lakes ... usage of Great Lakes water. ref Council of Great Lakes Governors. Great Lakes Governors Announce Permanent Commitment to Water Quality. Press release. February 1988. ref The Great Lakes Research ..., long term funding mechanism for Great Lakes research. ref Council of Great Lakes Governors. Protection Fund Moves Ahead. Council Commentary A Newsletter of the Council of Great Lakes Governors. Volume 1, Number 3. Fall 1988. ref The Great Lakes Protection Fund held its first meeting on July 12, 1989 in Chicago. ref Council of Great Lakes Governors. Governors Appoint GLPF Board Members Hold Planning ... million in earnings. ref Great Lakes Protection Fund. 2009 Annual Report. http www.glpf.org sites ... the Fund s formation, the International Association for Great Lakes Research and Great Lakes United ...   more details



  1. Council of Great Lakes Governors

    Infobox Organization name Council of Great Lakes Governors image image border size caption map msize ... History The Council of Great Lakes Governors is an organization of Great Lakes Governors dedicated ... and Wisconsin created the Council of Great Lakes Governors in 1983. The original goal was to create a non partisan forum to promote regional agreements on issues of concern for the states of the Great Lakes region. In 1989, the Governors of New York and Pennsylvania joined the council. In more recent ... of agreements developed through the council. In 1985, the Governors signed the Great Lakes Charter ... Agreement, ultimately resulting in the http www.glpf.org Great Lakes Protection Fund in 1989 ... Environmental Protection Agency s Great Lakes Water Quality Initiative in the 1990s. In 1988, the Governors signed the Economic Development Agreement, and in 1989, created Great Lakes of North America ... the Great Lakes. These priorities served as the basis for the http www.glrc.us Great Lakes Regional ... Order . In 2009, President Barack Obama launched the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative which is providing ... the creation of a binding, regional framework to manage and protect the water supply of the Great Lakes St. Lawrence River Basin. The Governors and Premiers signed the Great Lakes St. Lawrence River Basin Sustainable Water Resources Agreement and the Governors endorsed the companion Great Lakes Compact ... , CGLG, Retrieved March 24, 2010. ref Great Lakes Water Management Great Lakes of North America Great Lakes International Trade Great Lakes Protection Fund Great Lakes Protection and Restoration Aquatic Invasive Species Project The Auto Project The Brownfields Project Great Lakes Biomass State Regional Partnership Great Lakes Recycle Great Lakes Water Quality Initiative Spill Protection Initiative Workforce Quality Initiative The Pioneering Partners Foundation The Great Printers Project class ... Great Lakes ...   more details



  1. Great Lakes Commission

    Image Great Lakes from space.jpg right thumb 250px The Great Lakes from space. Image Great Lakes Basin.svg right thumb 250px Map of the Great Lakes and the Great Lakes Basin . The Great Lakes Commission is a United States interstate agency established in 1955 through the Great Lakes Compact , in order to promote the orderly, integrated and comprehensive development, use and conservation of the water resources of the Great Lakes Basin , which includes the Saint Lawrence River . The commission provides policy development, coordination, and advocacy on issues of regional concern, as well as communication and research services. The commission, in a cooperative venture with other Great Lakes agencies and organizations, hosts the Great Lakes Information Network GLIN , an Internet based network that serves as a decision support tool for those who make, implement or otherwise influence public policy in the region. The GLIN website contains data and information about the region s environment, economy, tourism, education, and more and provides access to GLIN Announce, an email list that covers news and information about the region. Another Commission project, Great Lakes GIS Online, involves creating an online spatial data library, including the Great Lakes shoreline , soil s, land use and land cover, hazardous waste sites, demographic s, drainage basin watershed s and transport . The project is planned to include an online mapping system that will enable users to perform GIS analysis and other tasks over the Internet. As of summer 1998, the project was under development. The eight member states are Illinois , Indiana , Michigan , Minnesota , New York , Ohio , Pennsylvania , and Wisconsin . The Canada Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec are associate members. There is a separate and distinct entity with a similar brief, the International Joint Commission , which exists between ... links official http www.glc.org http www.great lakes.net Great Lakes Information Network GLIN ...   more details



  1. List of municipalities on the Great Lakes

    orphan date July 2010 Image Midland silo mural.JPG thumb right Millennium mural by the Midland, Ontario harbour This is a list of municipalities on the Great Lakes , arranged alphabetically by the body of water on which they are located. This list does not include locations officially classified as cities. Towns and municipalities located on rivers between two lakes Detroit , Michigan Grosse Ile, Michigan Sarnia , Ontario Point Edward, Ontario Windsor, Ontario Lake Erie Amherstburg, Ontario Essex, Ontario Kingsville, Ontario Leamington, Ontario Chatham Kent , Ontario Lake Huron Collingwood, Ontario Killarney, Ontario Meaford, Ontario Midland, Ontario Owen Sound , Ontario Parry Sound, Ontario Penetanguishene , Ontario Port McNicoll, Ontario Port Severn, Ontario Waubaushene, Ontario Victoria Harbour, Ontario Lake Michigan Empty section date July 2010 Lake Ontario Ajax, Ontario Whitby, Ontario Clarington , Ontario Port Hope, Ontario Cobourg, Ontario Quinte West , Ontario Greater Napanee , Ontario Lake Superior Wawa, Ontario Wawa See also List of cities on the Great Lakes Category Populated places on the Great Lakes Category Lists of cities in the United States Great Lakes Category Lists of cities in Canada Great Lakes ...   more details



  1. Great Lakes Airlines

    Infobox Airline airline Great Lakes Airlines logo GLA logo.png logo size 147px fleet size 38 destinations 64 code share partners IATA ZK ICAO GLA callsign LAKES AIR parent Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. founded ... thumb The former logo of the company See also Great Lakes Airlines Canada Great Lakes Airlines ... www.flygreatlakes.com contact us contact us.htm Contact Us . Great Lakes Airlines. Retrieved on May ..., Iowa , and Des Moines, Iowa . In February 1988, Great Lakes acquired Alliance Airlines, adding ... went public trading on the NASDAQ stock exchange. In October 1995, Great Lakes began operating ... web.archive.org web 19981205074829 http greatlakesav.com Welcome to Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. Great ... AN AIRLINE REGROUPS GREAT LAKES FLYING AGAIN 2C THOUGH STILL PUZZLED BY ONSET OF CRISIS&pqatl google AN AIRLINE REGROUPS GREAT LAKES FLYING AGAIN, THOUGH STILL PUZZLED BY ONSET OF CRISIS . Chicago .... Great Lakes has code sharing agreements with United Airlines and Frontier Airlines . Citation needed ... time table.pdf title Timetable author date 2010 01 25 work Great Lakes Airlines publisher accessdate ..., Minnesota , on March 17, 2012. Destinations main Great Lakes Airlines destinations File Great Lakes Airlines EMB120 N293UX.jpg thumb Great Lakes Embraer EMB 120 Great Lakes Airlines serves ... provider in the United States. Fleet Image Great Lakes Beech 1900.jpg thumb right A Beech 1900D at Denver International Airport Great Lakes Airlines operates two types of aircraft in its fleet. Great Lakes is the world s largest single operator of the Beechcraft 1900 . The Great Lakes Airlines ...?DSGN CODE GLBA&OPER FAR 121&OPER NAME GREAT LAKES AVIATION LTD title Great Lakes Airlines AOC publisher ... margin left auto margin right auto Great Lakes Airlines fleet Aircraft Total Passengers Embraer ... Regional Airline Association members Category Airlines established in 1977 Category Great Lakes Airlines Category Companies based in Wyoming Category Cheyenne, Wyoming de Great Lakes Airlines es Great ...   more details



  1. Great Lakes WATER Institute

    Great Lakes WATER Institute also known as the WATER Institute , Wisconsin Aquatic Technology and Environmental Research Institute , GLWI is a freshwater research center of the University of Wisconsin System ref http www.jsonline.com business 70245842.html Milwaukee will be water center, UW official says , Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ref administered by the Graduate School of University of Wisconsin Milwaukee . ref http www.wisconsin.edu wisconsinideas archive dec1999.pdf Great Lakes Water Institute Gives UW Researchers Unique Access to the Study of F resh Waters , Wisconsin Idea, December 1999, Volume 16, No. 3, Page 5. ref ref http www.maritimetrails.org notes fall2002 thecrew.asp Organizations ... aquatic research institution located on Lake Michigan and the largest of its kind in the Great Lakes region . ref http www.greatlakeswatershed.org great lakes links.html Great Lakes Links , Great Lakes Watershed ref ref cite web title Great Lakes WATER Institute publisher University of Wisconsin ... net org info.aspx?s 85165.0.0.2209 UW Milwaukee Great Lakes WATER Institute , Environmental Education ... R V Neeskay , Great Lakes WATER Institute ref Better source date April 2010 The WATER Institute also ... made instruments. ref http glwi.uwm.edu facilities Facilities at WATER , Great Lakes WATER Institute ref Institutions The WATER Institute hosts UWM Center for Great Lakes Studies, NIEHS Marine and Freshwater ... Enforcement Units. ref http glwi.uwm.edu features about About the WATER Institute , Great Lakes ... Team at UWMs PantheROV . See also Great Lakes Great Lakes Areas of Concern References references External links http www.glwi.uwm.edu Greate Lakes WATER Institute Homepage http www.glwi.uwm.edu centers cgls Center for Greate Lakes Studies http www.glwi.uwm.edu research aquaculture Aquaculture ... Regents Center of Excellence. ref http www.wisconsin.edu wisconsinideas archive dec1999.pdf Great Lakes Water Institute Gives UW Researchers Unique Access to the Study of F resh Waters , Wisconsin ...   more details



  1. Great Lakes Colleges Association

    The Great Lakes Colleges Association GLCA , is a consortium of 13 liberal arts college s located in the U.S. state states around the Great Lakes . The 13 schools are located in Michigan , Ohio , Pennsylvania and Indiana . It was chartered in the state of Michigan and incorporated as a 501 c 501 c 3 non profit organization in 1962, the consortium extended its first offer of membership in 46 years to Allegheny College in 2008. The GLCA offices are located in Ann Arbor, Michigan . Member institutions are Albion College Antioch College Allegheny College Denison University DePauw University Earlham College Hope College Kalamazoo College Kenyon College Oberlin College Ohio Wesleyan University Wabash College College of Wooster External links http www.glca.org Official website GLCA Category University associations and consortia Category Universities and colleges in the United States Category Liberal arts colleges Category Organizations based in Ann Arbor, Michigan fr Great Lakes Colleges Association simple Great Lakes Colleges Association ...   more details



  1. Great Lakes Theater

    Great Lakes Theater is Cleveland, Ohio s professional classic theater company. Founded in 1962, Great Lakes is the second largest regional theater in Northeast Ohio . It specializes in large cast classic plays with a strong foundation in the works of Shakespeare and features an educational outreach program. The company performs its main stage productions in rotating repertory at its state of the art new home at the Hanna Theatre , Playhouse Square , which reopened on September 20, 2008. The organization shares a resident company of artists with the Idaho Shakespeare Festival . On its main stage ... ref In 2010, Great Lakes Theater completed a 19.2M dollar capital campaign ref http greatlakestheater.org ... 20to 20Successful 20Conclusion.pdf ref to renovate the Hanna Theatre as a new and permanent home for Great Lakes while creating an endowment for the theater company preserving the legacy of the classics in Cleveland. The honorary chair of the campaign was actor Tom Hanks , who credits the Great Lakes ... index.ssf 2009 08 tom hanks at the hanna benefit.html title Tom Hanks at the Hanna benefits Great Lakes ... Cleveland Plain Dealer ref Great Lakes Theater was formerly known as Great Lakes Theater Festival, which ... Great Lakes drops festival from name accessdate 2012 01 25 last Simakis first Andrea date 2010 07 14 work Cleveland Plain Dealer ref Origins Arthur Lithgow started what was going to be Great Lakes ... President Dorthy Teare, creating the Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival. GLSF premiered July 11 ... others in rotation. Great Lakes moved from its original home in Lakewood, Ohio to Playhouse Square ... director in 1985. Under his direction, GLSF in 1985 changed to its name to the Great Lakes Theater ... links http www.greatlakestheater.org Great Lakes Theater Home page http www.greatlakestheater.org history Great Lakes Theater History http speccoll.library.kent.edu theater gltfhistory.html Great Lakes Theater A Detailed History Category Theatre festivals in the United States Category Shakespeare ...   more details




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