The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #6997 Message #41676
Posted By: Joe Offer
14-Oct-98 - 02:49 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Lake George, 1922 (Teresina M. Huxtable)
Subject: RE: Great Lakes
Hi, Steve - I grew up in Racine, Wisconsin, two blocks from Lake Michigan. I was born in Detroit and my family lived there forever, so I've been brought up to consider St. Clair to be one of the Great Lakes.
But Champlain? No way, Jose. It's a pretty lake, but not a Great Lake.
I believe that Congress actually passed a bill declaring Champlain to be one of the Great Lakes, so that Vermont could qualify for Sea Grant money. The declaration was repealed within a few days because there was such an outcry from people from the real Great Lakes - but they figured out a way to give Vermont the money, anyhow. Small states like Vermont have just as many senators as the big ones have, so they do get their way in battles like this.
-Joe Offer-