True. It was implied but not explicitly stated, in my oceans, seas, and other rivers statement. I'm from New Mexico. Our biggest lake here probably wouldn't be a puddle in Ontario. Got lots of sand though, and unfortunately, lots of leftists.
I had great-great grandparents that homesteaded in NM in the 20’s, and great-grandparents that were doing well in Montana who decided, out of family solidarity, to join them.
Family lore notes that NM is very good for growing sand (eventually most of the family packed it in for Oregon), and that it is very difficult to build a soddy using sand. The experience brings to mind the line from Monty Python’s “The Four Yorkshiremen”: “We were evicted from our hole in the ground.”
Unfortunately Oregon is even more infested with leftists of the California variety.