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Below is the list of named lakes/reservoirs in Wisconsin, as identified by the USGS [1] and/or the WIDNR. [2] Areas and max depths are provided by WIDNR unless otherwise noted. Alternate names are indicated in parentheses. Only included are lakes over 100 acres.
Wisconsin (/ w ɪ ˈ s k ɒ n s ɪ n / ⓘ wiss-KON-sin) [13] is a state in the Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States.It borders Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north.
The Great Lakes region of Northern America is a binational Canadian–American region centered around the Great Lakes that includes the U.S. states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin and the Canadian province of Ontario.
The Great Lakes, also called the Great Lakes of North America, are a series of large interconnected freshwater lakes spanning the Canada–United States border.The five lakes are Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario (though hydrologically, Michigan and Huron are a single body of water, as they are joined by the Straits of Mackinac).
Within Wisconsin, Lakes Superior and Michigan total 6.4 million acres (26,000 km 2). [37] Along the two great lakes, Wisconsin has over 500 miles (800 km) of shoreline. [ 38 ] Lake Winnebago is the largest inland lake, totaling over 137,700 acres (557 km 2 ), and 88 miles (142 km) of shoreline.
The Great Lakes Waterway (GLW) is a system of natural channels and artificial locks and canals that enable navigation between the North American Great Lakes. [1] Though all of the lakes are naturally connected as a chain, water travel between the lakes was impeded for centuries by obstacles such as Niagara Falls and the rapids of the St. Marys ...
The Duluth MN–WI Metropolitan Area, [2] commonly called the Twin Ports, is a small metropolitan area centered around the cities of Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin. The Twin Ports are located at the western part of Lake Superior (the westernmost part of North America 's Great Lakes ) and together are considered one of the larger ...
Good examples of the sea caves of the Great Lakes are located on the shorelines of the Apostle Islands. Examples include the following locations: Swallow Point on Sand Island , the North Shore of Devils Island , and near Mawikwe [ 5 ] Bay on the mainland.