The following is a list of protected areas and preserves within the Great Lakes area.

• Alger Underwater Preserve
• Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
• Calumet Shoreline
• De Tour Passage Underwater Preserve
• Glenwood Shoreline
• Grand Traverse Bay Bottomland Preserve
• Fathom Five National Marine Park
• Indiana Dunes National Park
• Keweenau Underwater Preserve
• Lake Superior National Marine Conservation Area
• Manitou Passage Underwater Preserve
• Marquette Underwater Preserve
• Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
• Sanilac Shores Underwater Preserve
• Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
• Southwest Michigan Underwater Preserve
• Straits of Mackinac Shipwreck Preserve
• Thumb Area Bottomland Preserve
• Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve
• Whitefish Point Underwater Preserve

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Main lakes	Erie Huron Michigan Ontario Superior
Secondary lakes	Nipigon Nipissing Simcoe St. Clair Winnebago Couchiching
Bays and channels	Erie Maumee Bay Presque Isle Bay Sandusky Bay Huron Georgian Bay Nottawasaga Bay Lake George Munuscong Lake North Channel Potagannissing Bay Saginaw Bay St. Joseph Channel Thunder Bay Michigan Grand Traverse Bay Green Bay Big Bay de Noc Little Bay de Noc Porte des Morts Sturgeon Bay Manitou Passage Ontario Hamilton Harbour Humber Bay Sodus Bay Toronto Bay Wellers Bay Superior Au Train Bay Chequamegon Bay Huron Bay Keweenaw Bay Pokegama Bay Superior Bay Thunder Bay Whitefish Bay Batchawana Bay Goulais Bay St. Clair Anchor Bay
Waterways	Detroit River Erie Canal French River Great Lakes Waterway Chicago River Niagara River Falls Nipigon River St. Clair River St. Lawrence River St. Lawrence Seaway St. Marys River Sault Ste. Marie Canal Soo Locks Straits of Mackinac Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal Trent–Severn Waterway Welland Canal First canal
Islands	Apostle Islands Detroit River Islands Isle Royale National Park Islands Isle Royale Lake Erie Islands Manitoulin Island Lake Kagawong Lake Manitou Lake Mindemoya Treasure Island Province of Ontario Islands State of Michigan Islands Lake Huron Islands Populated Potawatomi Islands
Historic geology	Champlain Sea Glacial Lake Iroquois Lake Admiralty Lake Agassiz Lake Algonquin Lake Chicago Lake Frontenac Lake Maumee Lake Stanley Last Glacial Maximum Midcontinent Rift System Niagara Escarpment Nipissing Great Lakes Scotch Bonnet Ridge Wisconsin glaciation
Organizations	Alliance for the Great Lakes Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Governors and Premiers Great Lakes Areas of Concern Great Lakes Basin Soil Erosion and Sediment Control Program Great Lakes Charter Great Lakes Commission Great Lakes Compact Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory Great Lakes Fishery Commission Great Lakes–Saint Lawrence River Basin Sustainable Water Resources Agreement International Joint Commission Municipalities Cities
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