Lake Superior
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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
Ships sink all the time, especially in busy waterways like Lake Superior.
From Slate • Nov. 10, 2025
As the Edmund Fitzgerald loaded its cargo hold on a Sunday afternoon in the fall, the Wisconsin shore of Lake Superior was unseasonably warm.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 3, 2025
Located off the Michigan shoreline on Lake Superior, the world’s largest freshwater lake, it’s accessible by seaplane and a variety of ferries and boat options.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 3, 2024
By 1000 a.d., trade relationships had covered the continent for more than a thousand years; mother-of- pearl from the Gulf of Mexico has been found in Manitoba, and Lake Superior copper in Louisiana.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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