Lakes
- Lake Superior, Canada and the United States 47°45′N 87°30′W / 47.75°N 87.5°W / 47.75; -87.5 (Lake Superior) — most voluminous lake in Western Hemisphere at 11,600 km3 (2,800 cubic miles)
- Great Slave Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada 61°40′N 114°00′W / 61.667°N 114°W / 61.667; -114 (Great Slave Lake) — deepest lake in Western Hemisphere at 614 m (2,014 feet)
- Lake Michigan–Huron, Canada and the United States 45°49′N 84°45′W / 45.817°N 84.75°W / 45.817; -84.75 (Lake Michigan–Huron) — most extensive lake in Western Hemisphere and the most extensive fresh water lake on Earth at 117,702 km2 (45,445 square miles)
- Nettilling Lake on Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada 66°30′N 70°50′W / 66.5°N 70.833°W / 66.5; -70.833 (Nettilling Lake) — most extensive lake on an island on Earth at 5,066 km2 (1,956 square miles)
- Great Salt Lake, Utah, United States 31°10′N 112°35′W / 31.167°N 112.583°W / 31.167; -112.583 (Great Salt Lake) — most extensive endorheic lake at 4,400 km2 (1,700 square miles)
- Lake Manitou on Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron, Ontario, Canada 45°46′42″N 81°59′30″W / 45.77833°N 81.99167°W / 45.77833; -81.99167 (Lake Manitou) — most extensive lake on an island in a lake on Earth at 104 km2 (40 square miles)
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“Such were the first rude beginnings of a town. They spoke of the practicability of a winter road to the Moosehead Carry, which would not cost much, and would connect them with steam and staging and all the busy world. I almost doubted if the lake would be there,—the self-same lake,—preserve its form and identity, when the shores should be cleared and settled; as if these lakes and streams which explorers report never awaited the advent of the citizen.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)