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"
Lake of the Ozarks Gravois Mills, Laurie, and Lakeview Heights. The Lake of the Ozarks has a storage capacity of approximately . When filled to that volume, it has a surface elevation of and occupies a surface area of approximately . The lake rarely varies in surface elevation by more than . As it was constructed for power generation, not flood control, the lake has only limited flood control capacity. Due to its large volume and surface area, various sources identify the Lake of the Ozarks as either the largest reservoir in Missouri or the second-largest after Truman Reservoir. In November 2018 the Lake