Descriptive Essay: The Minnesota Lake Country

Did you know that lake superior is the deepest, biggest and the clearest. Lake Superior is the largest of the Great Lakes of North America.

In 1960, Lake Erie was very polluted A lot of the cities such as Toledo, Sandusky, and Port Clinton’s waste was dumped into Lake Erie. Many of the factories that were surrounding the lake erie would dump their waste into the river, which was the cause of a lot of the pollution. Pesticides and chemicals from nearby farms washed off into the river whenever it rained, so the chemicals started to pollute the river. The cities that surround the near by river or lake paid a huge amount of money to get new sewer systems to help keep the water clean. This major source of freshwater is critical to the survival of the entire ecosystem and must be protected at all costs.

Have you ever just wanted to go to a state that has over 10,000 lakes? If so, then Minnesota is the place for you. I have been coming here ever since I was just a little guy. Here is a little story of my Minnesota visits.

It’s almost as if you are swimming in beer. My favorite thing about the lake is that the lake floor is pure sand. I hate going into a lake and having bottom be all mucky. The sand floor of Big Sandy feels wonderful on the feet, and this is where the name Big Sandy came from. The lake also has beautiful shorelines. Most often the shores lead into sloping hills full of trees, but there are a few areas with natural sand beaches that stretch for hundreds of yards. Wildlife is always in abundance at Big Sandy. Everything from bears, deer (which I have actually seen swimming in the lake on a couple of occasions, to huge eagles, hawks, and turkey vultures. Fishing is also excellent for most kinds of fish in Minnesota, and there are some big uns in there as well (just last summer I saw a huge Northern Pike sticking its head out of the water).

“Greasy Lake” by T. C. Bolyle narrated from the perspective of an unnamed narrator, told as a reflective account of his youth. In the story, he recounts details of his experiences on a summer evening with two friends. The reader experiences the misadventures of the protagonist that night along as told from the viewpoint of the now mature narrators retrospective. Exposed in the story are two character traits of the protagonist. Those traits are immaturity and rebellion, along with the trait of introspection on the part of the narrator.

Lake Erie is thriving biologically but not in the way one might think. It’s poisoned with toxic algal blooms that grow in the phosphorus-concentrated waters millions of Canadians and Americas alike depend on for drinking water. Unfortunately, this is also not the first time this has happened to the Great, not-so-great Lake.

“Once More to the Lake” by E. B. White is about a man who decides to take his son on the family vacation to the lake he took with his father when he was a child. During the essay, the author reminisces on his trips to the lake during his youth and tells the reader about how things have changed. The author uses wonderful detail and at some points in the essay feels as if he is a boy again standing in his son’s place with his father next to him. The author shows the readers he is a man who enjoys time with his family and cherishes his memories at the lake by expressing how he values the way things were in the past, and the joy that he experiences at this lake with his family.

Richard White provides a refreshing perspective on the Great Lakes region during the colonial and early national periods in regards to the developing relationships between the intrusive French, British, Americans and the indigenous Native Americans. The Middle Ground: Indians, Empires and Republics in the Great Lakes Region effectively links Native American history to broader themes in American history. He presents a convincing argument of how the Middle Ground, a place the French called the pays d’en haut, allowed for mutual accommodation and an acculturative social solution to develop out of the misunderstandings and the new meanings given to older institutions. White looks to this area to show how Native Americans and Europeans together constructed a complex and dynamic world that became the multiethnic society of early America. White has written a remarkable book that further enriches the historiography of the Great Lakes region and gives us a fuller understanding of this complicated world that underwent profound historic change.

The city of Lake Stevens is centered off of a 9-square mile lake located near the coast of Washington. Though we are a small city of only around 30,000 people, those who live here enjoy it. Ever since 1880, we have had beautiful scenery and property. Lake Stevens is not only a gorgeous city, it is a functional, safe, and enjoyable city for all of our citizens.

Late 1600s explorers from french led an expedition to Minnesota. In 1858 Minnesota became a state in the united states the 32 to be exact on may 11.The french and Indian war ended and British took over the eastern Minnesota but British only owned the land for 20 years when the us took over it after the revolutionary war. Thomas Jefferson sent people out to explore and learn about the new land after the lusiana purchase. In 1805 Explorer Zebulon Pike arrived in Minnesota.Hoping to find the headwaters of the Mississippi river but he found no source of the river. Later he signed a treaty with the Dakota Indians for land. Fort Snelling was the first major U.S outpost in Minnesota which was finished in 1825. Minnesota became a territory of the

Minnesota has many smart, kind, and strong people, all in a beautiful and impressive state. Not only are the people wise and welcoming, the geography of the state is picturesque too. Though Minnesota may not have huge cities, or tropical vacation sites, it is one of the best states.

Welcome to Michigan, also know as “The Great Lake State.” Michigan is known for it’s many lakes, hence the nickname. There are four great lakes that are against Michigan’s shores. They are Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron and Lake Erie. Lake Michigan is the third largest Great Lake by surface area and the sixth largest freshwater lake in the world! It is 307 miles long and 925 feet deep. Michigan was admitted a state on January 26th, 1837.

71 percent of the earth’s surface is made of water. 97 percent of earths water is saline water and not safe for human consumption. This leaves just 3 percent of earth’s water as fresh water most of which is icecaps and glaciers. 68 percent of the fresh water on Earth is found in icecaps and glaciers. 30 percent of fresh water is found in ground water leaving around .3 percent of earth’s water as surface fresh water. Of the .3 percent of surface fresh water the great lakes make up 84% of North America 's surface fresh water and about 21% of the world 's supply of surface fresh water. ("Great Lakes Facts and Figures." EPA. Environmental Protection Agency, n.d. Web. 15 Nov. 2016.)

water skiing, tubing, and wading that most local people enjoy doing. All of that stuff

There once was a boy named Jonathan (Jonathan Mcslurre, Jonny for short) and his family, ( including his parents, two sisters, and three brothers) every summer would all go rent a lake house. The lake house was secluded, relaxing, and quiet, mostly because it was in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by a forest, but nonetheless everyone enjoyed it…well everyone except for Jonathan.