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Definition of Lake Superior

1. Noun. The largest freshwater lake in the world; the deepest of the Great Lakes.

Definition of Lake Superior

1. Proper noun. A lake in North America; the largest of the Great Lakes and second largest lake in the world by area. It is located higher than Lake Huron, hence the name. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lake Superior

Literary usage of Lake Superior

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin by Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey (1900)
"Outcrops along the Lake Superior shore in Douglas county have not been reported, but the larger ... In lithological character the Lake Superior sandstone, ..."

2. Proceedings ... Annual Convention. (1891)
"The first shipment of ores from the Lake Superior ... The general designation of ores of the Lake Superior region localizes them in five ranges according to ..."

3. Early Narratives of the Northwest, 1634-1699 by Louise Phelps Kellogg (1917)
"... the name given to a half-league of rapids that are encountered in a beautiful river which unites two great lakes—that of the Hurons, and Lake Superior. ..."

4. Mineral Deposits by Waldemar Lindgren (1919)
"The iron-ores mined in the Lake Superior region in Minnesota, Michigan and ... CR Van Hise, Iron ore deposits of the Lake Superior region, Twenty- first ..."

5. Journal by Iron and Steel Institute (1897)
"Mining in the Lake Superior District.—II. V. Winchell * states that in ... The producing capacity is equal to the entire demand for Lake Superior ores, ..."

6. The Journal of Geology by University of Chicago Department of Geology and Paleontology (1906)
"... shore of Lake Superior present the apparently extraordinary anomaly of containing a conglomerate well supplied with characteristic granitic pebbles, ..."

7. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1909)
"Cost of Lake Superior and Montana Copper. James Ralph Finlay. A review of results and costs of ... Lake Superior. Mines of the Lake Superior Copper Region. ..."

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