lake superior

     

In "Deep Water Passage", Ann Linnea describes kayaking all the way around this largest Great Lake

Trivia about lake superior

  • It's the westernmost & northernmost of the Great Lakes
  • Michigan's Isle Royale is the largest island surrounded by this largest Great Lake
  • This Great Lake is Minnesota's lowest point at an elevation of 602 feet above sea level
  • Michigan's Isle Royale in this Great Lake has over 30 lakes of its own
  • The Great Lakes are Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie & this one whose name implies greatness
  • The highway passes Castle Danger & Knife River as it skirts this Great Lake en route to Duluth
  • This largest of the Great Lakes is also the highest above sea level at 600 feet
  • It's not only the greatest Great Lake, it's also the largest body of fresh water in the world
  • Cameras traveled to the floor of this largest Great Lake to take the shipwreck picture seen here: (Edmund Fitzgerald)
  • The S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald
  • Minnesota's lowest point is 602 feet above sea level at the shore of this Great Lake
  • Isle Royale in this Great Lake is the source of a green stone called chlorastrolite, Michigan's state gem
  • Michigan's Isle Royale National Park is situated in this Great Lake
  • This freshwater body stretches about 350 miles from Duluth in the west to Whitefish Bay in the east
  • This Great Lake's deepest point, 1330 feet, lies about 50 miles north of Michigan's Upper Peninsula
  • Of the 5 Great Lakes, Lake Erie lies farthest south, this one farthest north
  • It's both the farthest north & the farthest west of the Great Lakes
  • In 1659, 2 French traders made the first white contact with Sioux Indians when they ventured west of this Great Lake
  • This Great Lake was known to the native Americans as Gitchee Gumee