- Lake Michigan is the third largest Great Lake by surface area, and the sixth largest freshwater lake in the world!
- Of the five Great Lakes, it is the only one lying wholly withing the United States
- The Great Lakes are the largest freshwater system on Earth.
- The Great Lakes contain an estimated 5,500 cubic miles (22,700 cubic kilometers)of water—a fifth of all the liquid surface fresh water on Earth. And, it's enough to submerge the continental United States in nearly 10 feet of water.
- The United States draws more than 40 billion gallons (151 million liters) of water from the Great Lakes every day—half of which is used for electrical power production.
Wisconsin, Indiana, Michigan and Illinois all share a part of this great lake, so these make quite a clever hostess gift when visiting a lake house for the weekend. So remember this-- Margarita? With salt. Lake Michigan? Unsalted, please...
