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===Links to Historical Sites on Lake Superior History=== | |||
[http://www.maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes.ca/documents/hgl/default.asp?ID=c015 History of the Great Lakes] | |||
*[http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/oswego/nyoswego/greatlakes.html Oswego County, N.Y. History Site!] | |||
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tqpeiffer/Documents/Ancestral%20Migration%20Archives/Migration%20Webpage%20Folder/Routes%20to%20North%20Central%20Lakes%20Plains.htm Routes to the North-Central Lakes Plains] | |||
*[http://www.mnhs.org/places/nationalregister/shipwrecks/mpdf/mpdf1.html History of Minnesota's Lake Superior] | |||
*[http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/superior/timeline.html History of Lake Superior: A Timeline] | |||
*[http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/superior/timeline.html Wikipedia: North Shore (Lake Superior)] | |||
*[http://www.minnesotafunfacts.com/early-explorers-settlers/ Minnesota Fun Facts: Early Explorers and Settlers] | |||
*[http://www.mnterritorialpioneers.org/info/hist/earlyhist.htm Minnesota Territory - Early History] | |||
*[http://www.thehistorypeople.com/data/docs/timeline-part1.pdf Events: World, United States, Minnesota, and St Louis County] | |||
===Volume=== | ===Volume=== | ||
The Great Lakes make up 20 percent of the Earth's available (not in the ice caps) surface fresh water and half of that water is stored by Lake Superior. Lake Superior is located on the northern edge of Wisconsin and stretches between the Upper Peninsula of Michigan north to Ontario Canada. It also spans west to the eastern edge of Minnesota. Lake Superior is the largest of the Great Lakes by surface area and volume. It is like a mini-freshwater ocean, you can't even see the other side from the Wisconsin shoreline. | The Great Lakes make up 20 percent of the Earth's available (not in the ice caps) surface fresh water and half of that water is stored by Lake Superior. Lake Superior is located on the northern edge of Wisconsin and stretches between the Upper Peninsula of Michigan north to Ontario Canada. It also spans west to the eastern edge of Minnesota. Lake Superior is the largest of the Great Lakes by surface area and volume. It is like a mini-freshwater ocean, you can't even see the other side from the Wisconsin shoreline. | ||
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Most of the land around Lake Superior is heavily forested. Not many people farm near the lake because the temperatures are cool and the soil is poor. You won't find many people living along the lake either, except in port cities where the ships load and unload. | Most of the land around Lake Superior is heavily forested. Not many people farm near the lake because the temperatures are cool and the soil is poor. You won't find many people living along the lake either, except in port cities where the ships load and unload. | ||
[[Category:US Migration Rivers and Lakes]] | [[Category:US Migration Rivers and Lakes]] | ||