Did you know?
- Lake Superior is the largest of the Great
Lakes. It's so big that it could hold all of the water in the
other Great Lakes plus three more the size of Lake
- Most of the world's water sources lie in
lowlands but the Great Lakes are high or tall. We measure this by
saying places are so many feet above sea level. Lake Superior is
about 600 feet above, making it the highest of the Great
- Lake Superior is the deepest of the Great
Lakes going down as far as 1,332 feet. That's what makes it the
coldest of the Great Lakes too!
- Each year a small amount of water travels out
of the lake and it takes about 200 years for this water to be
- On the southwestern tip of Lake Superior lies
the city of Duluth which is the only international port that is
located so deep within the United States borders.
- Inland cities like Hibbing mine taconite and
send it by rail to the port of Duluth where ore boats carry it to
various places around the world. Taconite is a mineral that is
used to produce steel.
- The shoreline of Lake Superior is often very
rocky and on its beaches one can often find beautiful agates which
were dropped there during the glacier retreat.
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