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Lake Superior

Shipwrecks, storms, shoreline landmarks, rocks, wildlife, and the lake that ties the northern U.P. together.

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Lake Superior Holds 10% of Earth’s Fresh Water and Could Drown the Other Great Lakes

Stand on a Lake Superior beach and look straight out, and you will not see the other side. Just water running flat to the horizon, the way an ocean does.…

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Lake Superior Nearly Swallowed This Lighthouse. A Retired Couple Refused to Let It.

Crisp Point Lighthouse sits 18 miles down a dirt road on the Shipwreck Coast. It nearly fell into Lake Superior…

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A Freighter Vanished Off the U.P. in 1902 and All That Ever Came Back Was One Life Preserver

The SS Bannockburn sailed into a Lake Superior snowstorm in 1902 and vanished with 20 men. The only trace ever…

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Lake Superior

Start with these three

Lake Superior Holds 10% of Earth’s Fresh Water and Could Drown the Other Great Lakes

Lake Superior Nearly Swallowed This Lighthouse. A Retired Couple Refused to Let It.

A Freighter Vanished Off the U.P. in 1902 and All That Ever Came Back Was One Life Preserver

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The Rocks Yoopers Hunt on Lake Superior Beaches Are a Billion Years Old

People Think Lake Superior Is Just a Lake. Then They See It Like This.

Isle Royale Is Michigan’s Only National Park, and the Least-Visited One in the Lower 48

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