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Lake Information for Lake Superior
Lake Superior is the largest of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is bounded to the north by Ontario, Canada and Minnesota, United States, and to the south by the U.S. states of Wisconsin and Michigan. It is the largest freshwater lake in the world by surface area and is the world's third-largest freshwater lake by volume.
The lake is fed by over 200 rivers. The largest include the Nipigon River, the St. Louis River, the Pigeon River, the Pic River, the White River, the Michipicoten River, the Brule River and the Kaministiquia River. Lake Superior drains into Lake Huron by the St. Marys River. The rapids on the river necessitate the Sault Locks (pronounced "soo"), a part of the Great Lakes Waterway, to move boats over the 25 feet (8 m) height difference from Lake Huron.
Over sixty species of fish have been found in Lake Superior, among them: bloater, brook trout, brown trout, burbot, carp, chinook salmon, coho salmon, freshwater drum, lake herring, lake sturgeon, lake trout, lake whitefish, longnose sucker, muskellunge, northern pike, pumpkinseed, pink salmon, rainbow smelt, rainbow trout, rock bass, round goby, round whitefish, ruffe, sea lamprey, smallmouth bass, walleye, white perch, white sucker, and yellow perch.
The best fishing along the north shore of Lake Superior is walleye, chinook and coho salmon, and lake trout.
Businesses Located Nearby
Vacation Rental
- Larson, Mike - Lutsen Real Estate Group
- 5335 W Highway 61 - Lutsen, MN
- (218) 663-7750
- Cascade Properties
- 5327 W Highway 61 - Lutsen, MN
- (218) 663-7971
- Lutsen Lodging Company
- 360 Ski Hill Rd - Lutsen, MN
- (218) 663-7244
Bar and Restaurant
- Lutsen Resort & Sea Villas
- 5700 W Mn-61 - Lutsen, MN
- (218) 663-7212
- Caribou Highlands Lodge
- 371 Ski Hill Rd - Lutsen, MN
- (218) 663-7241
- The Village at Lutsen Mountains
- 13 Bridge Run Ln - Lutsen, MN
- (218) 663-7241