Akshually, Michigan-Huron is a single lake, hydrologically speaking of course, which has 1.5 times the surface area of Lake Superior.
But Superior still manages to contain 1.5 times the water volume in just 66% of the surface area, comprising 10% of the surface fresh water on planet earth. That’s one deep boi. Aptly named I must say
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Indeed, hence why I specified hydrologically. Geographically and politically, they are two separate lakes.
Canada couldn’t handle Lake Michigan anyway, it’s too warm for them
Wait? Are there really warm lakes? I live way North of the great lakes and have never experienced such sorcery that wasn’t attached to a spring.
Oh yeah, big time. I don’t think any of the great lakes would actually fit that description though. The problem with warm lakes is that there’s usually a lot more biological activity going on, so the water tends to be much less clear.
I’d prefer to swim in a cold, clear lake instead of a warm, murky lake any day of the week. That’s how you get infected by one of these bad boys.
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I actually have been in Lake Erie. The great lakes are not solely the domain of the Midwest and Canada. But you do have a point
Gracious of u.s. to share some of them with you guys eh?
I don’t think this lake named itself.
Lake is named after a group of indigenous people
Slavey or just Slave is a translation of Awokanak,[2] the name given to Dene by the Cree “who sometimes raided and enslaved their less aggressive northern neighbors”.[3][4][5] The names of the Slave River, Lesser Slave River, Great Slave Lake, and Lesser Slave Lake all derive from this Cree nam
The name Slavey is seldom used by the people themselves, who call themselves Dene. Indigenous ethnonyms for South Slavey people and language are Dehcho, Deh Cho Dene (“Mackenzie River People”) or Dene Tha.[6]
Not really any better
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I did not know that. How depressing, thanks.
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It’s still slavery themed, if not perpetrated by the usual suspects.
Slavey or just Slave is a translation of Awokanak,[2] the name given to Dene by the Cree “who sometimes raided and enslaved their less aggressive northern neighbors”.
They were literally named slaves by their neighbours, and that is the name we have for them, nice.
In Superior’s defense, the name was given by French speakers and it refers to the lake’s higher elevation. So, superior as in “higher” or “upper”.
Poor Lake St. Clair, the smallest and least non-great great lake
Here’s a photo of it:
Oof, lost my lunch. Disgusting
I’ve never seen a more disappointing lake in my life. Truly a stain on the Canada/U.S. border.
wouldnt that make it the most non-great great lake? Or least great great lake?
“Fun” fact about Superior - it’s so cold that there isn’t much oxygen down there so there are lots of preserved corpses from shipwrecks.
Not just corpses. The wrecks themselves are well-preserved. It’s cold, it’s freshwater, and has been navigated for long enough that it is one of the best places on earth to study shipwrecks.
But due to the corpses more recent wrecks are very restricted. Basically if the crew members are in living memory they don’t want people exploring the wrecks since the bodies are still recognizable.
Cold water actually holds more suspended oxygen than warm water, but the cold itself does inhibit bacteria that would decompose the bodies, so you’re mostly correct.
Lake 5 seems to think itself superior. What is it called?
Lake Everyone Else Is Inferior.
LAKE 5: I’ll be Gichi-gami
Kinda like Black Lion going ‘and I’ll form the head.’ Like, didn’t anyone else on Voltron go ‘hey, I wanna be the head today!’
I thought that was GZA’s line?
Youre all wet
