Lake Superior

• Is the largest of the five Great Lakes of North America
• Its northern boundary is in Ontario, Canada and Minnesota, USA, and its southern boundary is the U.S. states of Wisconsin and Michigan.
• Is the largest freshwater lake in the world by surface area and is the world's fourth-largest freshwater lake by volume.
• Alone holds as much water as all four of the other Great Lakes combined.
• has a surface area of 31,820 square miles (82,413 square km)
• Has a maximum length of 350 miles (563 km) and maximum breadth of 160 miles (257 km).
• Has an average depth of 483 feet (147 m) with a maximum depth of 1,333 feet (406 m).
• Contains 2,900 cu mi (12,100 cu km) of water – the equivalent of 3 quadrillion (3,000,000,000,000,000) gallons.
• Is large enough to have room for every man, woman, and child on Earth to spread out a 12’ x 12’ picnic blanket on its surface if entirely frozen (which has happened only twice in recorded history).
• Is the final resting place for 350 ship wrecks