Is Lake Superior US or Canada?

Located in central North America, it is the northernmost and westernmost of the Great Lakes of North America, straddling the Canada–United States border with the Canadian province of Ontario to the north and east and the U.S. states of Minnesota to the west and Wisconsin and Michigan to the south.



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The lake is located at the border between the United States and Canada, and is shared by the American states of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan and the Canadian province of Ontario.

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3. Who Owns Lake Superior? Lake Superior is shared by Canada and the United States of America. It has shorelines in the Canadian province of Ontario (Superior Country and Algoma Country), and the American states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan.

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The International Lake Superior Board of Control is responsible for regulating the outflow of Lake Superior and managing the control works on the St. Marys River.

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Lake Michigan is the only one of the Great Lakes that is entirely within the United States; the others form a water boundary between the United States and Canada.

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1. Lake Superior: 82,100 km. Lake Superior is one of the largest bodies of fresh water in the world, containing more water than all the other Great Lakes combined — 12,100 km3.

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Lake Superior's beaches are open and safe for swimming over 90% of the time, and the water is extremely clear, with an average underwater visibility of 8.3 m (27 ft).

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Lake Superior is the world's largest freshwater lake by area (31,700 mi2 /82,100 km2). It is also the coldest and deepest of the Great Lakes, with a maximum depth of 406 meters (1,332 feet). By most measures, it is the healthiest of all the Great Lakes.

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At 1,943 feet (592 meters), Crater Lake is the deepest lake in the United States and one of the deepest in the world. The depths were first explored thoroughly in 1886 by a party from the U.S. Geological Survey.

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Lake sturgeon are the largest fish in Lake Superior. They are among the oldest fish in the lake too.

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Lake Superior holds a massive volume of water because of its enormous inland basin and the hundreds of rivers that feed it.

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