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
The surface of Lake Superior, Mr. Bacon writes, “spread out smooth as glass, as if nothing had happened the day before.”
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
Interstate 35 goes from the Mexican border all the way up to Lake Superior, and some of the heaviest traffic is along the two-hundred-fifty-mile stretch between San Antonio and Dallas.
From "Small Steps" by Louis Sachar
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