Here are the 6 lakes we have listed within Great Lakes - sorted A-Z. Suggest a new lake.
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Lake Erie
(Ontario, Great Lakes, New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ohio) |
Lake Erie, the 11th-largest lake in the world and one of the Great Lakes of North America, straddles the borders of Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Michigan, and the Canadian province of Ontario. The lake is named after the Native American tribe that inhabited its shores before being killed off by the ...
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Lake Huron
(Ontario, Great Lakes, Michigan) |
A glacial lake of epic proportions, Lake Huron is the second largest of the five Great Lakes by surface area, boasting 23,010 square miles and an incredible 3,825-mile shoreline. The massive lake is the third largest of the Great Lakes by water volume, containing 850 cubic miles of fresh water within ...
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Lake Michigan
(Great Lakes, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin) |
As the only Great Lake nestled completely within the boundaries of the United States, Lake Michigan is the pride and joy of Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan. The lake boasts a huge area of 22,400 square miles, making it the largest freshwater lake (by surface area) in the world to be contained ...
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Lake Michigan-Huron
(Ontario, Great Lakes, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin) |
Lake Michigan and Lake Huron share the same elevation of 577 feet above sea level, and they are connected by the five-mile-wide Straits of Mackinac. Hydrologically, this makes the two a single lake that some designate as Lake Michigan-Huron. We list the combined entity here to acknowledge that some ... |
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Lake Ontario
(Ontario, Great Lakes, New York) |
Lake Ontario, one of the world's five Great Lakes, weaves over state and country borders, delighting Americans, Canadians, and visiting tourists with its deep, clear, clean waters. Proudly home to a staggering 4,700,000 acres (7,340 square miles), Lake Ontario is the smallest of the Great Lakes, the ...
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Lake Superior
(Ontario, Great Lakes, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin) |
Skipping over state and country borders, Lake Superior, the largest, deepest, coldest, cleanest, least developed, and most pristine of the Great Lakes, reigns as the largest freshwater lake in the world by surface area. By volume, this 31,820 square mile colossus ranks fourth for volume - a whopping ...
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Note: For most lakes, some data are unknown or do not apply, so these comparisons may show fewer than 6 lakes.