The great salt lake doesnβt connect to the ocean or any other shore and therefore is not a major shipping route. Also it may only be two more down than Ontario but itβs an order of magnitude smaller.
So, the definition is βa body of water from which one can navigate - even if by river or canal - to an oceanβ? How big does the traversal have to be - if I can get there by canoe without portage, does that count? What about Lake Eirie? AFAIK, you canβt navigate without portage from Eirie to the Atlantic, but it connects to Lake Ontario via the Niagara River.
The map doesnβt count the Mississippi river, itβs not about ship navigation.
Itβs a bad map, but it makes sense and calling the great lakes a coast isnβt that weird.
Any arguments to have to follow up are pointless and will fall on deaf ears, I donβt really care about your protests.
