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
Monday marked the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, which went down during a ferocious storm in Lake Superior on Nov. 10, 1975.
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
The Apostle Islands National Lakeshore is a scenic gem located in the far northern reaches of Wisconsin, along the coast of Lake Superior and the nation’s northernmost border.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 3, 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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