The Midwest is located near the center of North America. The region is bounded on the north by Canada and four of the five Great Lakes: Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, and Lake Erie. The Great Lakes are enormous inland seas.
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New York has coasts on both the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean. Smaller border lakes such as Lake Champlain or Lake of the Woods are not counted.
The Midwest Great Lakes Region consists of the states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and the province of Ontario, Canada.
Lake Michigan is the third largest Great Lake and the fifth largest lake in the world. Bordered by Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana and Michigan, it is the only Great Lake that lies entirely within the boundaries of the U.S.
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.
What is the only Great Lake without an international border? Of these five, only Lake Michigan is fully within the United States. The remaining four, Lakes Huron, Ontario, Erie, Superior are bisected by the international border separating the United States and Canada.