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Lake Superior

Lake Superior is the largest of North America's Great Lakes. It is the largest freshwater lake in the world. (The Caspian Sea is larger, but contains salt water.) Lake Superior has a surface area of 82,000 kmē (32,000 sq. mi.), larger than the Czech Republic. It borders Ontario in Canada, and Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan in the United States of America. It is an important shipment route for iron ore and is part of the Great Lakes Waterway.

Lake Superior drains into Lake Huron at the waterfall Sault Sainte-Marie[?].

Important towns on Lake Superior include Duluth, Minnesota, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, and Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.

The largest island in Lake Superior is Isle Royale National Park.

The Anishinabe were primarily located around the Great Lakes region.



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