What are 3 fun facts about the Great Lakes?

The Great Lakes hold over 5,400 cubic miles of water -- therefore accounting for more than 20% of the world's surface freshwater.
  • Lake Superior contains half of the water in all the Great Lakes. ...
  • Lake Michigan is the only Great Lake that is entirely within U.S. territory.




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Here are 10 facts about the fab five.
  • Lake Superior is the biggest and deepest—by far. ...
  • Lake Ontario and Lake Erie are the smallest. ...
  • Only one Great Lake is located entirely within the U.S. ...
  • You can take a 6500-mile road trip around the Great Lakes. ...
  • A fire prompted massive environmental reforms for the Great Lakes.


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The average underwater visibility of Lake Superior is about 8 metres or 27 feet, making it the cleanest and clearest of the Great Lakes.

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The most renowned of these Great Lakes sea monsters supposedly resides in Lake Erie. Sightings of the lake monster Bessie were first made in the late 1700s but appeared again with some regularity in the 1980s. Bessie is described as being about 20 feet long, serpent-like but with appendages that resemble arms.

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Chicago, on the southern shore of Lake Michigan, is the largest city in the North American Great Lakes region; the metro area has a population of 9.6 million people.

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Lake Erie is the shallowest and warmest of the Great Lakes.

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Thus, Lake Huron, the first of the Great Lakes to be discovered, was duly recorded by the white man.

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The Water Monster of Lake Erie Bessie, who is also called South Bay Bessie because of the location of the sightings, has been seen multiple times since the 1800's. It is said that she is covered in gray scales, has a large head, and is around 30 to 40 feet long.

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True tides—changes in water level caused by the gravitational forces of the sun and moon—do occur in a semi-diurnal (twice daily) pattern on the Great Lakes. Studies indicate that the Great Lakes spring tide, the largest tides caused by the combined forces of the sun and moon, is less than five centimeters in height.

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