1. Lake Superior
   Lake Winnipesaukee
2. Lake Huron
   Lake Erie

The five Great Lakes of North America include Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. Lake Winnipesaukee is the largest lake in the U.S. state of New Hampshire.

1. Lake Huron
   Lake Michigan
2. Lake Erie
   Lake Superior

Lake Michigan borders Wisconsin to the east, Illinois to the northeast, Indiana to the north and Michigan to the west. The other four Great Lakes share both Canadian and American territory.

1. Arapaho National Forest
   Tuskegee National Forest
2. Hiawatha National Forest
   Coronado National Forest

Hiawatha National Forest is located at Michigan's upper peninsula in the city of Manistique. Lake Superior and Lake Michigan border the forest's east and west segments on either side of the peninsula, with Lake Superior to the north and Lake Michigan to the south.

1. Manitoulin Islands
   Berry Islands
2. Turks Islands
   Leeward Islands

The Manitoulin Islands line the U.S.-Canadian border. Manitoulin Island lies in Ontario, Canada and is the largest freshwater island in the world. In 1836, British authorities had planned to migrate some of Canada's Indian population to Manitoulin; however, European settlers coveted the island farmland.

1. Sixty
   Twenty
2. Five
   Sixty-five

The five large Great Lakes supply 95 percent of the fresh water in the United States. All five North American lakes drain into the Atlantic Ocean through the Saint Lawrence River.

1. S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald
   S.S. America
2. S.S. Dakota
   S.S. Parthia

Canadian singer and songwriter Gordon Lightfoot commemorated the ship in his 1976 song "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald." The S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald was classified as a bulk cargo vessel that set sail on the Great Lakes in 1958. The ship measured 730 feet long, 39 feet high and 75 feet wide.

1. Army
   Airforce
2. Navy
   Marines

The U.S. Navy base installation at Great Lakes began operation on July 1, 1911. The boot camp provides technical training for surface warfare. Nearly 20,000 civilian and military personnel live and work at the facility.

1. Two-thirds
   One-half
2. One-tenth
   One-forth

Nearly 35 million U.S. and Canadian citizens live in regions that are either directly or indirectly affected by the Great Lakes. Specifically, for one-tenth of Michigan's population, the lakes are a source of fresh drinking water and they provide economic and recreational comfort for the region.

1. Lake Erie
   Lake Superior
2. Lake Huron
   Lake Michigan

The Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor services the steel-producing region of northwest Indiana. By way of the harbor, steel is distributed to the entire Midwest region. The harbor also processes more international cargo than any other Great Lakes port.

1. Lake Ontario
   Lake Michigan
2. Lake Superior
   Lake Huron

Due to threats of non-native species, habitat changes, fish culling and pollutants, Great Lakes apex predator fish are maintained partly through stocking intervention programs. Predator fish in all Great Lakes serve important roles in the lakes' food chain and are an important human food source.

1. Lake Ontario
   Lake Erie
2. Lake Huron
   Lake Michigan

The five Great Lakes touch eight states in the U.S., including Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, New York, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Illinois. The easternmost point of the Great Lakes lies north of Syracuse in New York state, and Duluth, Minnesota, is near the westernmost extremity.

1. French navy
   British navy
2. Canadian navy
   Icelandic Coast Guard

The British navy ruled the Great Lakes after the collapse of New France, which is the name that was given to French territories of the Americas. For a span of 13 years after the American Revolution, both England and America reinforced their authorities with armed vessels that patroled the lakes.

1. Lake Huron
   Lake Superior
2. Lake Erie
   Lake Michigan

Researcher Tom Kowalczk discovered the submerged petroleum tank barge Argo in the summer of 2015. The barge was built in 1911 in Baltimore, Maryland, weighing 421 tons, and it sank on Oct. 20, 1937 in Lake Erie.

1. Duluth Storm of 1967
   Great Storm of 1913
2. Lake Huron Cyclone of 1996
   Lake Erie Gale of 1811

The Great Storm of 1913 pummeled the Great Lakes in November for several days. Great Lakes vessels endured icy conditions and 100 km/h winds that assailed the region for many hours.

1. 5,500
   65,000
2. 10,000
   20

Historians estimate that some remnants of more than 10,000 shipwrecks are submerged in the Great Lakes. Typical reasons for the shipwrecks included human error, fires, storms, ice and fog.

1. Canada
   Cuba
2. Greenland
   Iceland

Lakes Huron, Erie, Superior and Ontario partially occupy the Canadian province of Ontario, whose land borders all four lakes along their northern edges. Lake Michigan lies entirely within United States territory.

1. Lake Ontario
   Lake Huron
2. Lake Michigan
   Lake Superior

The Sodus Point coal trestle of New York state was considered a small operation compared to other frameworks of its kind. Sodus Point hauled the coal brought over by the Pennsylvania Railroad from the Clearfield Coal District in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania.

1. City of Berlin
   Artemis
2. Griffon
   Erie Belle

Built by French explorer Rene-Robert Cavalier de LaSalle, "Le Griffon" disappeared in the upper Lake Michigan region on Sept. 18, 1679. The lost Griffon is considered the "Holy Grail" of shipwrecks. The vessel set sail on Aug. 7, 1679 to several Great Lakes destinations before its demise.

1. Kingdom Ship
   Heaven on Earth
2. Queen of the Lakes
   The Big Ship

Built in 1911, the S.S. Col. James M. Schoonmaker freighter vessel is 617 feet long. During the 8,600-ton ship's first three years of action, it was the largest vessel on the Great Lakes and, therefore, was "Queen of the Lakes" during its reign.

1. Dayton
   Toledo
2. Columbus
   Youngstown

Toledo, Ohio has been a leading producer in the glass industry for many years. The city lies at the westernmost tip of Lake Erie and sits on the west bank of the Maumee River, which converges with Lake Erie approximately eight miles northeast of the city.

1. 1780
   1801
2. 1695
   1928

Researcher Jim Kennard discovered the HMS Ontario submerged in 500 feet of water off Lake Ontario's south shore. According to Kennard, the ship was in "excellent condition" when he found it with its 1780-year masts still standing.

1. Conestoga
   Comet
2. Curlew
   Robert C. Pringle

The Robert C. Pringle is a wooden tugboat that measures 101 feet. It was discovered off the coast of Sheboygan, Wisconsin in "fine condition." The Pringle's found condition is a testament to how well shipwrecks are preserved in deep freshwater environments.

1. 155,600 square miles
   35,460 square miles
2. 94,240 square miles
   18,300 square miles

Ancient glaciers sculpted the Great Lakes, whose large contours can be seen from as far away as the Moon. It is estimated that the five lakes contain roughly 23,000 cubic kilometers of freshwater.

1. St. Mary's River
   Columbia River
2. Yukon River
   Ohio River

St. Mary's River is the most tapered water region of the Great Lakes system and serves as a channel for Lake Superior. The river's Soo Canals, or Sault Ste. Marie Canals, enable commercial shipping through the waterways.

1. 60,000
   1.5 million
2. 1 billion
   550

At the turn of the 21st-century, politicians and environmentalists have made great strides to protect the Great Lakes from contamination, environmental hazards and invasive wildlife species. Preserving the lakes is pivotal for sustaining the $62 billion in wages that the five lakes generate.

1. 1968
   2010
2. 1882
   1955

Introduced by Sens. George Voinovich of Ohio and Carl Levin of Michigan, the U.S. Congress "Great Lakes Ecosystem Protection Act of 2010" authorized more than $500 million to fund Great Lakes protection and restoration programs. Subsequent protection acts are revised continuances.

1. U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln
   U.S.S. Carney
2. U.S.S. Michigan
   U.S.S. Farragut

The 1843, the U.S.S. Michigan was built with sweeping weaponry and propulsion capabilities. With an eight-inch cannon, the Michigan patrolled the Great Lakes, hauling lumber magnate Ben Bagnall out from Chicago and settling a dispute over Beaver Island between the Mormons and the Irish, among other feats.

1. Iron dropper
   More ore lifter
2. Ore unloading machine
   Monster ore master

In the early 1800s, unloading 5,000 tons of ore from off a ship took 12 hours and 100 men. Patented in 1898 by George H. Hulett from Cleveland, the 90-foot-tall ore unloading machine could scoop up between 15 to 20 tons of ore at a time.

1. Lake Champlain
   Lake Tahoe
2. Lake Powell
   Rainy Lake

Lake Champlain, which is nestled along the New York-Vermont border, has as much shoreline as Lake Ontario and is six times as deep as Lake Erie. On March 6, 1998, President Clinton signed a bill declaring Lake Champlain a Great Lake. The bill was rescinded on March 24.

1. Lake Huron
   Lake Superior
2. Lake Michigan
   Lake Erie

The Niagara River is a drainage vent for four of the five Great Lakes: Huron, Erie, Superior and Michigan. The river flows from south to north from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario for a span of 35 miles.

1. Pacific Intracoastal Waterway
   Baltic Waterway
2. Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
   St. Lawrence Seaway

In 1954, the United States and Canada agreed to collaborate on building and maintaining the deep-draft St. Lawrence Seaway between Lake Erie and Montreal. It took five years to construct the Seaway, an idea that Jacques Cartier first conceived in 1536.

1. Lake Superior
   Lake Ontario
2. Lake Erie
   Lake Michigan

Perched on a steep cliff, the Split Rock Lighthouse dots the north shore of Lake Superior in Two Harbors, Minnesota . The lighthouse was constructed in 1910 and is now a maritime museum.

1. War of 1812
   American Revolution
2. French and Indian War
   Mexican-American War

The Sixty Years' War includes the War of 1812, the French and Indian War and several theaters of the American Revolution. Major facets of these wars, which spanned several generations, concerned the control of the Great Lakes region.

1. Lake Huron
   Lake Erie
2. Lake Superior
   Lake Ontario

Inaugurated in 1876, the Marblehead U.S. Lifesaving Station mimicked the architecture of other lifesaving stations of the Great Lakes region. The station included equipment, a rescue boat and a tower where a crewman scanned the waters for distressed boats.

1. Albany
   Cleveland
2. Toronto
   Milwaukee

Albany is the capital city of New York state, and it's located near the New York-Massachusetts border. Cleveland, Ohio marks Lake Erie's southern shore; Toronto, Canada borders Lake Ontario's western shoreline; and Milwaukee, Wisconsin rests along Lake Michigan's west bank.