1665  (1885)  These great lakes had not so soone comed to our knowledge if it had not been for those brutish people.
1748  This is the finest River in Hudson's-Bay, navigable for many Leagues, having a Communication with the great Lakes behind Canada.
1836  The project of a ship and steamboat Canal from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic, is attracting the public attention more and more every day.
1966  The abnormally low water levels on the Great Lakes over the past two or three years have generated demands that something be done to control the levels of the lakes.