Lake Superior

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1. Lake bordered by Ontario, Canada, to the north and east; Michigan and Wisconsin to the south; and Minnesota to the west.

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The largest freshwater lake in the world, Lake Superior is the largest, highest in elevation, and deepest of the Great Lakes.

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Others created AI-generated images of Somali “founders” planting flags on the shores of Lake Superior.

From Salon • Dec. 8, 2025

Experts largely agree that the ship was largely undone by the biblical storm, a once-in-a-century squall that hammered Lake Superior with sustained winds of more than 50 mph.

From Slate • Nov. 10, 2025

The final voyage of the Edmund Fitzgerald took its cargo out into Lake Superior, where a killer storm was brewing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 3, 2025

Three Michigan men have been charged with causing a wildfire that burned six acres and damaged Isle Royale National Park, a remote, rugged archipelago in Lake Superior, in 2022, the authorities said.

From New York Times • May 16, 2024

Michaux’s voyages took him from Florida to Hudson’s Bay; the heroic Nuttall ventured as far as the shores of Lake Superior, going much of the way on foot for want of funds.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson