Lake Superior National Marine Conservation Area Lake Superior National Marine Conservation Area Lake Superior National Marine Conservation Area is a National Marine Conservation Area (NMCA) on the north shore of Lake Superior in Ontario, and is a unit of the national park system. Established on September 1, 2015, it is the largest freshwater marine protected area in the world. Although national marine parks and a reserve had been created previously, and managed as NMCAs, this was the first area in Canada to be designated a "National Marine Conservation Area" as defined by the Marine Conservation Areas Act. Plans to create it were first announced by Canadian
Swartswood Lake Swartswood Lake Swartswood Lake (previously called Swartout's Pond) is a freshwater lake located in Stillwater and Hampton townships in Sussex County, New Jersey in the United States. The lake is a glacial lake that is the third-largest freshwater lake in New Jersey. The lake stretches 3 miles (north-to-south) and 1 mile wide (east to west); and has an average depth of with a maximum depth of . The lake is the focus of Swartswood State Park a protected area administered by the New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry. Swartswood Lake is fed by the waters of Neldon's Brook (draining