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played a key role in stopping supply lines, cutting British communications, plundering artillery and munition, and capturing other forts and ships around Lake Champlain. On the night of May 9th 200 Green Mountain Boys assembled under Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold to capture Fort Ticonderoga. However only a small portion of the men could cross the lake to capture the fort as there weren’t enough boats for all the men. Fearful of losing the element of surprise Allen and Arnold decided to attack with

"Have you seen Gwen?" Lancelot slurred as Merlin joined him at the table. Since he'd offered to refill her goblet, Morgana had refused to let him out of her sight until that moment. First, she'd taken him around the room to introduce him to some of her favorite knights. He'd been too polite to mention that he'd already been acquainted with them earlier in the evening. Then she'd invented a clever game. She'd point out various guests, laughingly demanding that Lancelot tell her their names. If he

advance into the interglacial periods. In the United States, and around the world glaciers have carved out our landscape, making what the world is today. The first glaciers circulated south from what is now Canada. From what I’ve researched the Great Lakes were once riverbeds, which provided the glaciers perfect passage to the south.

travelers looking to save money on their stay might be interested in utilizing a Finger Lakes campground. With campgrounds offering waterfront accommodation, a stay at a Finger Lakes campground might be just what you are looking for. Cool-Lea Camp on Cayuta Lake Open from mid-May to mid-October, the Cool-Lea Camp is a family-friendly campground on Cayuta Lake in the Odessa, New York area of the Finger Lakes. With holiday activities and a convenient location near Watkins Glen State Park, Cool-Lea

Milwaukee is the largest city and the main economic and cultural center of Wisconsin. Situated on the western shore of Lake Michigan, Milwaukee lies at the confluence of three rivers—the Kinnickinnic, the Menomonee, and the Milwaukee—while several smaller rivers also flow through the city. The county seat of Milwaukee County, the city encompasses a total area of 96.8 square miles. With a population of 594,833 residents and a wider metropolitan area of approximately 2 million, Milwaukee is the fifth

really unique, with two separate peninsulas to tell the story of how our state was shaped into the land we see today. Water has been the predominant factor in shaping Michigan, starting with glaciers over ten million years ago, to rivers, rain and lakes that still shape it today. Water

In Mexico there is a rare breed of salamanders named axolotl that are going extinct in the wild. The closest related salamander is also at risk of becoming extinct. The species has been around for a long time and are native to only two lakes near Mexico City. The efforts to save them is an ongoing battle. The axolotl have a vital role in furthering medical advances for humans. The scientific name for the axolotl is Ambystoma mexicanum. The common name axolotl comes from the Aztec language. The name

drinking water. The start of everything happened when Flint stopped paying Detroit for water and switched to a temporary source until they could build their own pipe to lake Huron. The temporary water source that they switched to was the Flint river. The water in the Flint river is 19 times more corrosive than the water from the lake Huron. Pipes that carried the water were not used to the level of corrosion

In the article published by the Detroit Free Press “How do you get rid 750 trillion mussels in the Great Lakes” written by Kathleen Lavey, the author discusses how there is currently no technology that would help on a large enough scale to kill all of the invasive mussels. Lavey talks about how there are paints that contain chili peppers which muscles don’t atach to. Companies use this paint on intake pipes so they do not get clogged with muscles. Lavey also discusses 060Bio which a piece of foam

An axolotl and puffin are very different animals. The puffin is in the aves (Bird) Class, and the axolotl is in the Amphibia (Amphibian) Class. This also means that the axolotl lives primarily in the water, but the puffin only goes into the water to catch food. A puffin lives on land, but the axolotl eventually lives entirely in the water. The axolotl breathes through its gills underwater, but the puffin breathes through its beak. Puffins only lay one egg per breeding season, but an axolotl can lay