Lake Pontchartrain

There are two major canal system in Ohio, the Miami and Erie Canal and the Ohio and Erie Canal. Both canals start at Lake Erie and go south to the Ohio river. Work began on these canals in 1825. The Ohio and Erie canal’s construction, in the eastern part of Ohio, finished in 1833, but it would take the state and it workers another twelve years to finish the Miami and Erie canal, to the west. The canals faced many challenges after completion. They would often flood damaging the walls, locks, and…

enochtitlan was built in an island on a swampy lake today known as Mexico, it was a floating city that had canal and an irrigation system. The city was just huts at first and keep on getting larger and expanding into a large city. There were a bout 200,000 people living there. There traveled in canoes to get place to place through the canal. The way of life was an nice city until the Spanish came over and took over the land. Popo and Isla was a story about a a emperor of Tenochtitlan…

huge success and many people began to rely on it. The Erie Canal increased the nation’s economy, brought people together, and promoted nationalism through trade and expansion. The Erie Canal joined people and product together. It connected the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean, stretching from Albany to Buffalo. It was quick and easy to travel farther along the Erie Canal, joining not only people, but stories and song together. Before the Erie Canal, people could only travel on poorly made…

The Love Canal is located in Niagara Falls, New York. It is named after William T. Love who intended for this location to become a dream community where water could be used to power the surrounding industries and homes. By 1910 it became evident that Love would not see his dream fulfilled. Ten years later industries began to use the abandoned ditch to dispose of various chemicals. Landfills can be safely used if they are managed properly. In 1942 a company began using the Love Canal as a…

Canal began in 1817 and opened entirely in 1825, the Erie Canal is considered the engineering marvel of the 19th century. How did the Erie Canal change the US? The Erie Canal affected the US by providing better trade to the middle of the US and Great Lakes. Also the Erie Canal provided more, safer trade routes. Another thing the Erie Canal helped was the population, and with more population comes more money and with. More money comes more free time. More free time then transitions to helping the…

metropolitans, people want to live in calm, peaceful and naturally beautiful places. A small town in the Halton Region on Lake Ontario – Oakville, is one good example. Oakville’s perfect weather, great location, high household income, great schools and natural beauty make it the best place to live in Canada. These factors have made it gain the reputation of “The Jewel on the Lake” (R. Edwards, A. Edwards) Oakville has been blessed with natural beauty and distinctiveness. It is this natural…

If you grow up in Florida you've probably visited the Everglades when you look at the water, it's brownish and smells would you dare to swim in it? Big sugar companies and agricultural companies are dumping high amounts phosphors into the Everglades which is Demolishing the everglades Ecosystem and animals that live there depend on water for its survival. Over the last century the Everglades have shrunk to less than half their original size as agricultural and residential development in the…

After Effy McDougall died in 1906, her husband Malcolm lived for another 6 years. Annabella 's father had lived 93 years finally succumbing to old age in his Foley home with its beaver meadow nearby, showing the McDougall genes for longevity. Murdoch 's life was much calmer than his Watts namesake. He had two children by his first wife Isabella Liness, Flora in 1878 and Murdoch Wilder in 1885. He still could have his share of trouble however. As he had done 15 years previously Murdoch had to…

God’s creations. This fascinating place is Lake Tahoe, in Nevada. Lake Tahoe is absolutely one of the most gorgeous places I have ever been. I have traveled there many times since I was a little kid till now. I have been very blessed to have been able to go to Tahoe. Everytime I step out of my car from a long trip to lake tahoe, my whole perspective of life and scenery has changed. Just simply the smell makes me feel alive and renewed. Tahoe is the best…

The lengthy, cramped, and quiet bus ride to Living Hope Day School both excited and terrified me. A never ending stream of “what if” questions rattling my brain caused me think twice about what I was doing there in the first place. I was a stranger to them, someone whom they knew nothing about. I gazed out the window, trying to calm my thoughts when I saw them. An endless sea of purple sweaters, and cheery faces lined the fence at the school. All of my previous doubts washed away when I stepped…