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===Recreation=== [[File:Marina Fest.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|[[Escanaba, Michigan|Escanaba]]'s Ludington Park in Michigan]] Tourism and recreation are major industries on the Great Lakes.<ref name="GroverKrantzberg2012">{{cite book |last1 = Grover |first1 = Velma I. |last2 = Krantzberg |first2 = Gail |title = Great Lakes: Lessons in Participatory Governance |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=P-HMjx9tgoEC&pg=PA334 |year = 2012 |publisher = CRC Press |isbn = 978-1-57808-769-3 |page = 334 }}</ref> A few small cruise ships operate on the Great Lakes including some [[sailing|sailing ships]]. Sport fishing, commercial fishing, and Native American fishing represent a U.S.$4 billion a year industry with [[salmon]], [[Coregonus|whitefish]], [[smelt (fish)|smelt]], lake trout, [[Bass (fish)|bass]] and [[walleye]] being major catches. Many other [[List of water sports|water sports]] are practiced on the lakes such as [[yachting]], [[sea kayak]]ing, [[Recreational diving|diving]], [[kitesurfing]], [[powerboat]]ing, and [[lake surfing]]. The [[Great Lakes Circle Tour]] is a designated scenic road system connecting all of the Great Lakes and the Saint Lawrence River.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.great-lakes.net/tourism/circletour/ |title = Great Lakes Circle Tour |publisher = Great-lakes.net |date = July 5, 2005 |access-date = February 19, 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100725204133/http://www.great-lakes.net/tourism/circletour/ |archive-date = July 25, 2010 }}</ref>
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