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- proper noun A
lake inNorth America ; the largest of theGreat Lakes and second largest lake in the world by area. It is located higher thanLake Huron , hence the name.
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- noun the largest freshwater lake in the world; the deepest of the Great Lakes
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Another, a more recent link of road, binding the city to the northeast and east as firmly as does the other to the southwest, is that known as the Lake Superior and Mississippi Road, reaching one hundred and fifty miles to the young city of Duluth, standing at the head of the great lakes, whence cheap transportation to the Atlantic seaboard may be had for all the products of the Northwest.
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Lake Winnipeg, while the St. Louis and other rivers take their rise in the same region and flow eastwardly into Lake Superior, which is the real source of the St. Lawrence, which empties into the Atlantic.
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The largest of these inland seas is the famous Lake Superior, which is so enormous in size that ships can sail on its broad bosom for several days _out_ _of_ _sight_ of land.
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We will commence with Lake Superior, which is 400 miles in length, 100 miles wide, and 900 feet deep, where it has been sounded.
Canada and the Canadians Volume I Richard Henry Bonnycastle 1819
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St.te officials said it was understandable that VHS would have worked its way into Lake Superior, which is connected to Lake Huron by the St. Marys River.
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St.te officials said it was understandable that VHS would have worked its way into Lake Superior, which is connected to Lake Huron by the St. Marys River.
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The island stretches for more than 45 miles in length, and 9 miles in width, making it the largest in Lake Superior, which is in turn the greatest of the Great Lakes.
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St.te officials said it was understandable that VHS would have worked its way into Lake Superior, which is connected to Lake Huron by the St. Marys River.
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The island stretches for more than 45 miles in length, and 9 miles in width, making it the largest in Lake Superior, which is in turn the greatest of the Great Lakes.
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St.te officials said it was understandable that VHS would have worked its way into Lake Superior, which is connected to Lake Huron by the St. Marys River.
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