Lake Superior

Lake Superior shown in darker blue

Lake Superior is a lake in Canada and the United States.

The Ojibwe Native Americans call it Gitchigume. Lake Superior is in between Ontario and Minnesota to the north and Wisconsin and Michigan in the south, and is the largest of North America's Great Lakes. It is the world's third largest lake, and the world's largest freshwater lake (by area). Its outlet is the St. Marys River to Lake Huron. The Soo Locks allow carrying large amounts of iron ore and other cargo to the other Great Lakes.

Over 80 species of fish live in Lake Superior.

Lake Superior Media

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  False color view of Lake Superior

• Lake Superior bathymetry map, deepest point.png

  Lake Superior's deepest point on the bathymetric map.

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  Map of the Lake Superior watershed.

• Duluth Harbor Entrance in February (25632302346).jpg

  A frozen Duluth Harbor entrance

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  Lake Superior, by Walter Shirlaw

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  Most of Lake Superior lies within the basin of the Midcontinent Rift.

• Basaltic columns along Lake Superior

• Historical map of Lake Superior and Northern Michigan, published 1879 by Rand McNally

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  Pictographs at Lake Superior Provincial Park, Ontario