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The Great Lakes basin provides a variety of recreational opportunities including boating, fishing, swimming, and camping. For instance, Niagara Falls attracts travelers from considerable distances. An increase in the recreational development of the Great Lakes has had significant impacts such as loss of wetland, shoreline erosion, and water quality degradation. |
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1. What seem to be the three most popular
recreation activities in your region? What conditions of the region made
those activities so popular?
2. You are planning on a summer vacation to the Great Lakes region. Make a list of important factors to consider. Will you change the list if it is winter? Why? 3. If global warming occurs and water levels fall down to 3-5 feet below the current surface line, what will happen to those recreation activities? Decline or expand? |
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1. Guide to Put-in-Bay (South Bass Island,
Ohio): Historical Places, natural features, and Island ecology. $4.00 (GS-018)
2. Scenic byways, trails, and corridors, and their impacts. free (FS-062) For more information, call OSG office at (614) 292-8949 or visit the
website.
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1. The Great Lake Erie
2. Great Lakes Instructional Materials for the Changing Earth System
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Map of Recreational and Protected Areas
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1. Great Lakes Atlas http://www.cciw.ca/glimr/data/great-lakes-atlas/glat-chap3.html#9 2. Great Lakes Circle Tour http://www.glc.org/circle/circlet.html 3. Great Lakes Recreation http://regional-site.net/great-lakes/html/recreate.shtml 4. Travel, Tourism and Recreation in the Great Lakes Region http://www.great-lakes.net/tourism/tourism.html |