Great Lakes Volume 2

Lake Huron (including Georgian Bay & North Channel) to Lake Superior (including St. Marys River) & Lake Michigan, plus Chicago to the Gulf of Mexico

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Great Lakes Volume 2

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Lake Huron

Georgian Bay

North Channel

St. Marys River

Lake Superior

Lake Michigan: Eastern Shore

Lake Michigan: Western & North Shores

Chicago, IL to Mobile, AL

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