Which Great lake is coldest?

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.
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Which Great Lake is the warmest?

Erie is the most southerly, shallow, and biologically diverse of all of the Great Lakes. Its shallow depth makes it the warmest Great Lake and a favourite destination for summer recreationists and migrating birds.
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Is Lake Superior colder than Lake Michigan?

Lake Superior does have surface water that is colder than average by about three degrees Fahrenheit. Lake Michigan is much colder than average. The red line ends at the current lake-wide average surface water temperature.
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Which of the Great Lakes is the deepest coldest and clearest?

Lake Superior is the Cleanest and Clearest Great Lake

As the coldest (it's refreshing!) and most northern of the lakes, Superior is also the clearest.
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What is the dirtiest Great Lake?

Sadly, Lake Erie's dirty waters came about because of the large industrial presence scattered along its shores. As a result, Lake Erie became the most polluted Great Lake out of the five lakes. One, because Lake Erie is one of the smaller, shallower Great Lakes, and two, because of the large surrounding population.
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Which is the cleanest Great Lake?

Watershed's surface: 209,000 square kms. Lake Superior is the largest, cleanest, and wildest of all the Great Lakes.
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Is there a lake under Lake Superior?

As we determined this past week with several arduous dives, the caves lead to a vast underground lake. This is undoubtedly Sir Duluth's 'Lac d'Enfer,' and the same lake which swallowed poor William Bitter in 1870.
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What is the coldest deepest lake?

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).
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How cold is the bottom of Lake Superior?

The average depth of Superior is about 500 feet. It is the deepest (1,335 feet) of the Great Lakes. If you go swimming there in the hottest part of the summer, you'll soon learn that Lake Superior is also the coldest of the Great Lakes - brrr, icy cold at an average temperature of 40° F (4°C).
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Is Lake Erie colder than Lake Michigan?

Lake Superior's average surface water temperature is only 34 degrees F. Lake Michigan has a 37 degrees F lake-wide average surface water temperature. Lake Huron is only 35 degrees F on its surface. Lake Erie has warmed up to an average surface temperature of 41 degrees F.
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Is Lake Huron always cold?

Lake Huron is a massive lake and like most of the Great Lakes, never gets really warm. That said, the shallower water close to the shoreline will likely be warm enough for a 5 year old to paddle around.
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Can you sail from Lake Superior to the Atlantic Ocean?

Lawrence Seaway forms an elaborate lift system allowing ships to move across a vast expanse of territory in which water levels fall more than 182 m (600 feet) from Lake Superior to the Atlantic Ocean. During that journey, a vessel will pass through 16 separate locks.
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Is Lake Huron warmer than Lake Superior?

Lake Superior was almost 53 degrees, the warmest Nov. 1 on record, about 6 degrees above average. Lake Huron was 55 degrees, the warmest on record, about 5 degrees above average. Lake Erie was almost 59 degrees, the warmest on record, more than 4 degrees above average.
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Which Great Lake has the best beaches?

We've listed some of the best beaches in the Great Lakes region, found all across Ontario (and Michigan, USA).
  • Lake Huron. Sauble Beach. Bruce Peninsula, Ontario. ...
  • Lake Erie. Crystal Beach. Fort Erie, Ontario. ...
  • Lake Ontario. Sugar Beach. ...
  • Lake Michigan. Grand Haven State Park. ...
  • Lake Superior. Pancake Bay Provincial Park.
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Is Lake Superior always cold?

Like all of the Great Lakes, Lake Superior is prone to lake effect snow, but the weather is generally moderate, with warmer temperatures than inland throughout the year. Winter temperatures around the lake rarely fall below minus 30 F (minus 34 C), well above inland temperatures.
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Which Great Lake has the most shipwrecks?

The Great Lakes hold the secrets of about 8,000 shipwrecks. Lake Erie covers 2,000 of them, among the highest concentration of wrecks in the world.
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What lives at the bottom of Lake Superior?

The study focused on three key fish that inhabit the deepwater environment of Lake Superior: the siscowet lake trout, deepwater sculpin, and kiyi. The siscowet lake trout is a form of lake trout found in the deepest waters of Lake Superior and is sometimes regarded as a subspecies to the lean lake trout.
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Are there bodies in Lake Superior?

Lake Superior Bodies

There an 350 shipwrecks in Lake Superior and an estimated 10,000 people have died in the icy waters, but as legend says, Lake Superior never gives up her dead. Underwater bacteria feed on human remains and create gas which causes bodies to float back to the surface.
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Can you drink water straight from Lake Superior?

Do you drink the lake water? Lake Superior is the cleanest of the Great Lakes, and many people drink the water regularly (even in their homes). On trip, the decision is yours. For your safety we bring a high quality water filter or boil our water.
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What's the biggest fish in Lake Superior?

Lake sturgeon are the largest fish in Lake Superior. They among the oldest fish in the lake too. Did you know that a lake sturgeon can live to be older than 100 years? This species of fish has also been around for a long time—about 150 million years.
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What is the deepest lake in the United States?

At 1,943 feet (592 meters), Crater Lake is the deepest lake in the United States and one of the deepest in the world. The depths were first explored thoroughly in 1886 by a party from the U.S. Geological Survey.
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What great lake has the most fish?

Which lake lands the most fish? Lake Erie easily wins the most fish caught with 5.7 million pounds landed. Lakes Michigan, Superior, and Huron all come in with respectable amounts ranging between 2–4 million pounds.
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Why is Lake Huron so blue?

The blue in Lake Michigan and Lake Huron is sediment brought to the surface when strong winds churned the lakes. The green in Lake Erie and in Lake Huron's Saginaw Bay is algae, which builds on the surface when winds are calm.
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What is the least polluted Great Lake?

Lake Superior has the largest volume of all the Great Lakes. It is the coldest and deepest and because it has a cooler climate and poor soil conditions it is the least polluted.
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