Great Lakes Commission Great Lakes Commission The Great Lakes Commission is a United States interstate agency established in 1955 through the Great Lakes Basin Compact, in order to "promote the orderly, integrated and comprehensive development, use and conservation of the water resources of the Great Lakes Basin," which includes the Saint Lawrence River. The Great Lakes Commission provides policy development, coordination, and advocacy on issues of regional concern, as well as communication and research services. The eight member states are Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. The Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec are associate members. There is a
Marine Museum of the Great Lakes Marine Museum of the Great Lakes The Marine Museum of the Great Lakes moved from the 1892 Kingston Dry Dock, a national historic site in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, when the federal government sold the property in 2016. The museum galleries are closed and the collections have been moved into storage until the museum finds a new property to reopen to the public. The Marine Museum office has moved to 53 Yonge Street, Kingston, Ontario. Once an important construction and repair facility for ships on the Great Lakes, the Kingston Dry Dock was constructed in 1890 by the Canadian federal government