Lake Superior

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Upper Peninsula, Michigan

Two illustrated divers are superimposed onto a photograph showing a lake underwater.

The Great Lakes and their drainage basin

Discover how the Midcontinent Rift helped form the magical and spectacular Lake Superior

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Banff National Park. Aerial view of Lake Louise in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. Aerial perspective.

Canada: 10 Claims to Fame

Lake Mead (the impounded Colorado River) at the Hoover Dam. The light-coloured band of rock above the shoreline shows the decrease in water level in the first few years of the 21st century.

6 Lakes That Are Drying Up

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9 of the World’s Deepest Lakes

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Sergeant Stubby or also known as Mascot Stubby. Unofficial mascot dog of the 102nd Infantry Regiment of the United States with the 26th (Yankee) Division in World War I. War dog. Possibly a Boston terrier - also sometimes described as a Boston bull terrier

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Queen Elizabeth II addresses at opening of Parliament. (Date unknown on photo, but may be 1958, the first time the opening of Parliament was filmed.)

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Adolf Hitler (Nazi, nazism, German leader).

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The Lost Colony of Roanoke, North Carolina, where 115 people mysteriously disappeared c. 1590. John White discovers the word Croatoan carved onto a tree upon his return to the deserted Roanoke Colony in 1590

The Lost Colony of Roanoke

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How LittaTraps are keeping litter in Thunder Bay, Ont. out of Lake Superior • Mar. 24, 2025, 10:20 AM ET (CBC)

Snowfall warning in effect for Thunder Bay area • Mar. 23, 2025, 5:39 AM ET (CBC)

Historic Century-Old Shipwreck Discovered 600 Feet Beneath the Surface of Lake Superior • Mar. 15, 2025, 5:20 AM ET (Smithsonian Magazine)

Explorers discover wreckage of cargo ship that sank in Lake Superior storm more than 130 years ago • Mar. 11, 2025, 6:39 PM ET (AP)

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Upper Peninsula, Michigan

The Great Lakes and their drainage basin

Two illustrated divers are superimposed onto a photograph showing a lake underwater.

Discover how the Midcontinent Rift helped form the magical and spectacular Lake Superior

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Unknown Waters

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Water and its Varying Forms

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Lake Mead (the impounded Colorado River) at the Hoover Dam. The light-coloured band of rock above the shoreline shows the decrease in water level in the first few years of the 21st century.

6 Lakes That Are Drying Up

Lake Mead (the impounded Colorado River) at the Hoover Dam. The light-coloured band of rock above the shoreline shows the decrease in water level in the first few years of the 21st century.

6 Lakes That Are Drying Up

Banff National Park. Aerial view of Lake Louise in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. Aerial perspective.

Canada: 10 Claims to Fame