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The lake was named ''le lac supérieur'', or "Upper Lake," in the seventeenth century by [[French people|French]] [[explorer]]s because it was located above [[Lake Huron]].
The lake was named ''le lac supérieur'', or "Upper Lake," in the seventeenth century by [[French people|French]] [[explorer]]s because it was located above [[Lake Huron]].
==Shipwrecks==
The last major [[shipwreck]] on Lake Superior was that of [[SS Edmund Fitzgerald|SS ''Edmund Fitzgerald'']] in 1975.
According to legend, Lake Superior never gives up her dead. This is because of the low temperature of the water. Normally [[bacteria]] feeding off a sunken decaying body will generate gas inside the body, causing it to float to the surface after a few days. The water in Lake Superior, however, is cold enough year-round to inhibit bacterial growth, meaning bodies tend to sink and never surface.
[[category:Lakes]]
[[category:Lakes]]
[[Category:Great Lakes]]
[[Category:Great Lakes]]