Geography of the United States York City, and includes the Florida peninsula. Areas further inland feature rolling hills, mountains, and a diverse collection of temperate and subtropical moist and wet forests. The Appalachian Mountains form a line of low mountains separating the eastern seaboard from the Great Lakes and the Mississippi Basin. The five Great Lakes are located in the north-central portion of the country, four of them forming part of the border with Canada, only Lake Michigan situated entirely within United States. The southeast United States, generally stretching from the Ohio River on south, includes a variety of warm temperate and subtropical moist and
Queen of the Lakes was the case as late as 1949, at which time the "Noronic" was so honored. It has been applied to the United States Coast Guard Cutter "Mackinaw" for its long and significant role in facilitating Great Lakes shipping and safety. The most common use of the title, however, at least since the early 1940s, is to honor the largest vessel on the lakes. On April 20, 1841, the "Detroit Free Press" referred to the steamer "Illinois" as "Queen of the Waters", but given that three vessels in that century were named "Queen of the Lakes", its use as a title