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THE GREAT LAKES (continued): • Superior is so large that all of the other four Great Lakes, plus three more the size of Lake Erie, would fit inside. It contains enough water to submerge all of North and South America in a foot (30.5 cm) of water. Lake Superior alone accounts for 10% of the world’s fresh surface water. An estimated 100 million trout live in Lake Superior. • A large island 45 miles (72 km) long and 9 miles (14 km) wide sits in the middle of Lake Superior. The island, Isle Royale, has several smaller lakes, making them, in essence, lakes on a lake. Isle Royale, along with 450 smaller islands, make up Isle Royale National Park. • The Wyandot Indians, or Hurons, who lived on its shores, lent their name to Lake Huron. Huron, the second-largest Great Lake and the fifth largest lake in the world, has the longest shoreline of any of the Great Lakes, 3,827 miles (6,157 km), which includes its many islands. Huron was the first of the Great Lakes to be discovered by European explorers, French explorers Samuel de Champlain and Etienne Brule, who travelled up the Ottawa and Mattawa rivers in 1615. They called it “La Mer Douce,” meaning the “sweet/fresh-water sea.” • The Ojibwa Indians originally named Lake Michigan “mishigami,” meaning “large lake.” The third largest Great Lake, Michigan is the only one located entirely within the United States. • Marathon swimmer Jim Dreyer started his swimming career with a 65-mile (105-km) swim across Lake Michigan in 1998. In 2003, he swam the length of 422 miles (679 km). (continued on the next page)

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THE GREAT LAKES (continued):

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THE GREAT LAKES (continued): • Lake Erie is reportedly home to a 40-foot-long (12.2-m) snakelike sea monster named Bessie. First sighted in 1793, more recent sightings have been reported in 1960, 1969, four times in the 1980s, and again in 1990 by two Huron firefighters. An Ohio marine biologist says Bessie might be a large specimen of a lake sturgeon, which can live to age 150 and reach lengths in excess of 7 feet (2.1 m) and weights of 300 lbs. (136 kg), with a somewhat prehistoric appearance. During the 1800s, the Sandusky, Ohio area was known as the caviar capital of North America, as the source of caviar is sturgeon eggs. More than 5 million lbs. (2,267,962 kg) of sturgeon were pulled from Lake Erie in 1885 for commercial harvest. Due to years of overharvesting, the sturgeon population experienced a dramatic decline, but is now making a comeback. A 7’4” (2.2 m), 250-lb. (113- kg) sturgeon was snagged from Lake Erie in 1998. • Lake Ontario takes its name from another Huron Indian word, meaning “lake of shining water.” The lake was not named after the Canadian province Ontario, rather it was the other way around with the province named after the lake. • Lake Ontario is the easternmost and the smallest of the five Great Lakes. Although smaller than Lake Erie, it’s much deeper and holds four times the volume of water. It’s located east of Lake Erie, and is at the base of Niagara Falls. • Baseball great Babe Ruth hit his first professional home run in Toronto Island’s Hanlan’s Point Stadium. Hanlan’s Point was the biggest ballpark in the minor leagues, a 17,000-seat facility that was the home of the Toronto Maple Leafs. In September of 1914, the Babe slammed the home run right into Lake Ontario. It’s believed the ball still rests at the bottom.

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Celebrate World Daffodil Day on August 25 by plucking a few facts about this cheery blossom. • Daffodils are also known as paperwhite, jonquil, and narcissus, and are members of the amaryllis family. The word “narcissus” has its origins in the Greek language for “to benumb,” referring to the narcotic properties of this plant. In Greek mythology, Narcissus was a beautiful youth who fell in love with his own reflection in a pool, and pined away, unable to leave the beauty of his reflection. According to the myth, the gods turned him into a flower. Narcissus lent his name to the word “narcissism,” a fixation with one’s own physical appearance and abilities. • Although there are close to 60 different species of wild daffodils, at least 13,000 types have been created through selective breeding, with more being created every year. • The plant has a leafless stem that will have one to 20 trumpet-shaped blossoms on top. Although the most familiar color is yellow, other varieties can be found in white, orange, green, and pink. The plant varies in height from 6 inches to 20 inches (15 to 51 cm). • Daffodil bulbs store all the nutrients necessary to develop the stem and blooms. Bulbs planted in the Autumn will blossom in the Spring, sometimes pushing their way through the snow. Daffodils can also be grown from seeds, which are round and black with a hard protective coating. • The stem and bulb of a daffodil contain a toxic alkaloid designed to keep predators at a distance. Squirrels know better than to eat daffodil bulbs because of the poisonous crystals, but the bulbs shouldn’t be planted if you have a dog who likes to dig.

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