No, they are not land-locked. Neither is Lake Pontchartrain in southern Lousiana. Lake Pontchartrain is NOT fresh water. It's definitely saline. Just taste it, but check on the latest E.coli count before you do. The last time it was safe to swim in the lake on the south shore was in 1956. I was three years old, and that was the only time I was allowed to go into lake water at Pontchartrain Park by my mother. Part of Pontchartrain Park is now a housing development.
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Since the lakes are freshwater, they are considered landlocked as per the Merriam Webster definition:
Definition of LANDLOCKED
1
: enclosed or nearly enclosed by land
2
: confined to freshwater by some barrier
3
: living or located away from the ocean
Definition of LANDLOCKED
1
: enclosed or nearly enclosed by land
2
: confined to freshwater by some barrier
3
: living or located away from the ocean
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Nope. You can ship any freight by ship to the Ocean from the lakes. Easier from Lake Ontario because it is below Niagara Falls, but the upper lakes can use locks to bypass it now. Without the locks they would have been landlocked!
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The Great Lakes consisting of five great ones are too huge in size and covers massive land areas from east to west. It has great setting by themselves and could not be considered a landlocked.