It covers 31,700 square miles and has a low depth of about 1,000 feet. It is almost as large as New England leaving out Maine and is larger than South Carolina. Lake Superior is 22 feet higher than all the other Great Lakes. Its waters are as clear as crystal with an average temperature of about 39 degrees Fahrenheit which differs little with summer and winter, except in the shallow areas near the shore where it becomes very warm in summer and freezes during the coldest weather. Lake Superior does.
Shipwrecks provide habitats for fish.
There are 45 species of fish in it. Lake white fish, lake herring and lake trout are a couple of them. There are a lot of reefs that exist in Lake Superior. Lake Superior has a long line of history. A lot of people lost their boats in this Great Lake.