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Congress cuts federal funding for public radio - what's next for IPR

Ruth Abramovitz

  • Lake Champlain sits nestled between Vermont, New York, and Quebec. For 18 days in 1998, it was designated as a Great Lake along with Lake Huron, Lake Ontario, Lake Michigan, Lake Erie, and Lake Superior. (credit: Wikimedia / NARA)
    A Good, Not Great Lake
    Ruth Abramovitz
    Lake Champlain is more than 16 times smaller than Lake Ontario, the smallest Great Lake. But in 1998, Congress designated Lake Champlain as the sixth Great Lake, teeing off a historical and cultural fight over which lakes can really call themselves Great.