Consider the question. Are the Great Lakes part of an international border?
 What is the step-by-step reasoning process to arrive at the answer: yes?

Show your work and conclude with the exact phrasing "Therefore, the final answer is [answer]." where [answer] is just the final number or expression that solves the problem.
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The lakes are bordered on the north by Canada. The lakes are bordered on the south by United States. Canada and United States are two different countries.