The Great Lakes are a group of five lakes—Superior, Huron, Michigan, Erie, and Ontario—in the northern US near the Canadian border. They stretch for 94,000 square miles across eight US states—Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. The lakes make up about 84% of North America’s surface freshwater and are a source of drinking water for more than 30 million people. Thanks to the lakes’ five main ports—Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Duluth, and Milwaukee—they also help support the US economy as a key transportation route to move goods. Let’s find out more about these significant bodies of water.
Lake Huron
By surface area, Lake Huron is the second-largest Great Lake and the world’s fifth-largest lake. It is surrounded by Michigan and Ontario, Canada, and has the longest shoreline…
