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| − | '''Lake Superior''' is the largest of | + | '''Lake Superior''' is bounded by [[Ontario]], [[Canada]] and [[Minnesota]], [[USA]], to the north and [[Wisconsin]] and [[Michigan]], USA, to the south. It is the largest of [[North America]]'s [[Great Lakes]]. It is the largest freshwater lake in the world (by surface area) and is the world's fourth-largest freshwater lake (by volume). |
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| + | In the [[Ojibwa]] language, the lake is called "Gichigami" which translates literally as "big water." It is better known as "Gitche Gumee" as recorded by Henry Wadsworth [[Longfellow]] in [[The Song of Hiawatha]]. Lake Superior is referred to as "Gitche Gumee" in the song [[The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald|''The Wreck of the'' Edmund Fitzgerald]], by [[Gordon Lightfoot]]. | ||
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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]]. | ||
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Revision as of 21:46, October 5, 2007
Lake Superior is bounded by Ontario, Canada and Minnesota, USA, to the north and Wisconsin and Michigan, USA, to the south. It is the largest of North America's Great Lakes. It is the largest freshwater lake in the world (by surface area) and is the world's fourth-largest freshwater lake (by volume).
Name
In the Ojibwa language, the lake is called "Gichigami" which translates literally as "big water." It is better known as "Gitche Gumee" as recorded by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in The Song of Hiawatha. Lake Superior is referred to as "Gitche Gumee" in the song The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, by Gordon Lightfoot.
The lake was named le lac supérieur, or "Upper Lake," in the seventeenth century by French explorers because it was located above Lake Huron.