how did lake superior form
Fire and ice, in the form of volcanoes and glaciers, created Lake Superior. That happened long before Jake came here to fish. One billion years ago, molten basalt erupted from the mid-continent rift, which extended from near Thunder Bay, Ontario, to Kansas.ire and ice, in the form of volcanoes and glaciers, created Lake Superior. That happened long before Jake came here to fish. One billion years ago, molten basalt erupted from the mid-continent rift, which extended from near Thunder Bay, Ontario, to Kansas.
Lake Superior 1  ... is the largest freshwater lake in the world by surface area and the third largest by volume (Lake Baikal in Siberia and Lake Tanganyika in East Africa contain more water). 2  could hold all the water in the other Great Lakes, plus THREE MORE Lake Eries. 11,000 years ago: Glacial Lake Duluth, the precursor to Lake Superior, forms as the ice sheet retreats northeastward. 2  The lake's torrential outflow near present-day Duluth carves the St. Croix River Valley and feeds the Mississippi River.