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Introduction this lake is located on the edge of Wisconsin and stretches between the Upper Peninsula of Michigan north to Ontario Canada. at it's deepest point is 1,332 feet deep! and one of the most famous cargo ships in the late 1950's sunk on this lake. Do you know what lake this is? Well if you said Lake Superior, then you are correct! today you will learn about Lake Superior and some of the great wonders of this lake specifically, the Edmund Fitzgerald, was one of the finest cargo ships that had ever sailed Lake Superior at it's time it sunk on November 9, 1975 when it was on its way to Zug Island but sunk in a storm. I am also going to talk to you about The Country's and States That Border Lake Superior, and All Of The Great Lakes

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