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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

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 city, located on Lake Superior, is far enough north that the sun sets at around 10 p.m. in the summer, Pepe says, and that helps make up for their cold dark winters.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 6, 2024

This summer we’re in a rented cabin on the north shore of Lake Superior.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood