Lake Superior Lake Superior Lake Superior (; ), the largest of the Great Lakes of North America, is also the world's largest freshwater lake by surface area, and the third largest freshwater lake by volume. The lake is shared by the Canadian province of Ontario to the north, the U.S. state of Minnesota to the west, and Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to the south. The farthest north and west of the Great Lakes chain, Superior has the highest elevation of all five great lakes and drains into the St. Mary's River. The Ojibwe name for the lake is "gichi-gami"
Green Lake (Hawaii) Green Lake (Hawaii) Green Lake () was a freshwater lake in Puʻu Kapoho crater on the island of Hawaii. With a surface area of and a maximum depth of , it was the largest natural freshwater lake in the Hawaiian Islands, and besides Lake Waiau one of two freshwater lakes on the Big Island. Hawaiian myths state that the lake was the first place visited by Pele, the volcano deity. The lake was a popular swimming spot for locals and tourists. Extensive vegetation, mainly "hibiscus tiliaceus", overhung the lake, shading about twenty percent of the lake's surface. On June 2,