Tag Archives: Great Lakes

A NOAA weather satellite mosaic displaying northeastern America with the five Great Lakes, listed from left to right: Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario
c. 8000 BCE: The Majestic Great Lakes of North America

The Great Lakes, consisting of Lakes Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior, form the world's largest group of freshwater lakes by surface area and the second-largest by volume. Formed from ancient rifts and glacial activity, [...]