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Great Lakes

This map of the Great Lakes region of North America, focuses on Southern Ontario (Canada) and includes some of Michigan, New York State, and a sliver of Pennsylvania. Lakes included are: Huron, Ontario, and Erie.

In terms of natural resources, the geography of the region and distribution of natural resources make this region rather interesting. Southern Ontario, while excellent for farming and forestry (at least it used to have trees...) with excellent access to hydroelectricity (I recommend installing some mods for this), doesn't have much other natural resources needed for industrial production. You can get some coal/oil from Michigan, but will likely have to import these as your economy grows. Metals and uranium can be mined in the north, such as in the region surrounding Sudbury. Canada does not have any bauxite mines, but is the fourth largest producer of aluminum, so you'll have to import bauxite if you want to produce your own aluminum.

Enjoy rethinking the geography of this unique region of North America!

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MAJOR UPDATES (May 1, 2022):
-Terrain smoothed for playability, particularly in the northern portions of the map
-Widened canals connecting the Great Lakes to allow ships to pass between them
-Added another region of coal that was missed originally (in Pennsyvlania) and some higher quality coal in Michigan

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Because of the complexity of the region I simplified a number of things down. Suggestions for improvements are appreciated. Sources listed below were referred to in deciding where to put natural resources.

General geology and mineral deposit maps:
-Ontario: http://www.geo.utexas.edu/courses/381R/trip.html
-Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/documents/deq/GIMDL-MI1954_302554_7.pdf

Coal:
-Ontario doesn't have any, most of it historically was shipped in.
-Pennsylvania: https://www.americangeosciences.org/critical-issues/maps/interactive-atlas-historical-coal-mine-maps-pennsylvania
-Michigan coal deposit map: https://www.michigan.gov/documents/deq/deq-ogs-STATE_COAL_429230_7.pdf
-https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/Us_coal_regions_1996.png

Iron deposits:
-US map: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Distribution_of_Iron_Ore_in_the_United_States,_1921.jpg
-Sudbury, Ontario: vaguely based on some metals deposits, eg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudbury_Basin#/media/File:Sudbury_Basin_Non-Ferrous_Metals_-_Eastern_Canada_map.png
-Ontario: https://www.northernminer.com/news/geology-behind-ontarios-world-class-metal-districts-2/1003777417/

US coal and iron map 1910:
-https://etc.usf.edu/maps/pages/2000/2085/2085.htm

Excellent gravel quarry locations:
-https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Map-of-a-portion-of-southern-Ontario-with-quarry-locations-Ontario-Geologic-Survey-2011_fig1_315788855 (only used the Niagara escarpment)

Uranium:
-Loosely based on Figure 2 in: https://inis.iaea.org/collection/NCLCollectionStore/_Public/14/731/14731540.pdf
-None in Michigan or Pennsylvania within map bounderies.

Oil:
-Ontario: http://canada.lilithezine.com/Ontarios-Untapped-Oil-Reserves.html
-Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/documents/deq/deq-FINAL-frack-QA_453788_7.pdf