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Lake Superior's deepest point [4] on the bathymetric map. [1] Lake Superior has a surface area of 31,700 square miles (82,103 km 2), [7] which is approximately the size of South Carolina or Austria. It has a maximum length of 350 statute miles (560 km; 300 nmi) and maximum breadth of 160 statute miles (257 km; 139 nmi). [8]
The shipping channels pass on opposite sides of Neebish Island in the St Marys River. The waterway allows passage from the Atlantic Ocean to the inland port of Duluth on Lake Superior, a distance of 2,340 miles (3,770 km) and to Chicago, on Lake Michigan, at 2,250 miles (3,620 km). [3]
The Saint Louis River (abbreviated St. Louis River) is a river in the U.S. states of Minnesota and Wisconsin that flows into Lake Superior. The largest U.S. river to flow into the lake, it is 192 miles (309 km) in length [1] and starts 13 miles (21 km) east of Hoyt Lakes, Minnesota. The river's watershed covers 3,634 square miles (9,410 km 2).
The Minnesota portion of Lake Superior is the largest at 962,700 acres (3,896 km 2) and deepest (at 1,290 ft (390 m), 393 m) body of water in the state. [11] Minnesota has 6,564 natural rivers and streams that cumulatively flow for 69,000 miles (111,000 km). [11]
The deepest point taken from the GLERL website is marked with "×". It's position differs slightly from the position of the area below -400 m in this bathymetric map based on data cited below. According to NGDC information, Lake Superior data are incomplete. The map was created using the Generic Mapping Tools, GMT, version 5.1.1.
The Pic River passes their community of Heron Bay, where it is crossed by the Canadian Pacific Railway mainline, takes in the left tributary Black River, passes the Ojibways of the Pic River First Nation community of Pic River, and reaches its mouth at Lake Superior. A beach and system of sand dunes are found at the mouth.
The Bois Brule River (most often referred to as the Brule River) is located in Douglas County, Wisconsin, United States, near the county's eastern border with Bayfield County. The river is 43.9 miles (70.7 km) long, [ 1 ] with its source being in central Douglas County near Upper St. Croix Lake.
The Blind Sucker River is a 10.8-mile-long (17.4 km) [1] river in northwestern Luce County on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States. It is a tributary of Lake Superior . [ 2 ]