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Back To 5 Great Lakes The Senate today decided to rescind the "Great Lake" designation that had been awarded to Vermont's Lake Champlain. The designation of the lake...which had been proposed in order to channel research money into the Lake Champlain region...had caused a furor in the states that are homes to the original five Great Lakes.

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The Senate today decided to rescind the "Great Lake" designation that had been awarded to Vermont's Lake Champlain. The designation of the lake...which had been proposed in order to channel research money into the Lake Champlain region...had caused a furor in the states that are homes to the original five Great Lakes.