manitoulin Island is an island in Lake Huron. It is located within the borders of the Canadian province of Ontario. With an area of 2,766 km2 (1,068 sq mi), it is the largest fresh water island in the world, large enough that it has over 100 inland lakes itself
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The largest freshwater lake in the U.S. is Lake Superior, located between the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, and the Canadian province of Ontario. It is the largest of the Great Lakes by surface area and volume.
Isle Royal Michigan is the largest island in fresh water. Located in Lake Superior it is 210 sq mi or 134,00 acres. If you are looking at all islands in the United States it is the 33rd largest. It is the 3rd largest in the continental United States (following Long island and Padre Island) neither of which are in fresh water.
The answer is Lake Superior, which is partly in Canada. The biggest lake completely in the united States is Lake Michigan.
Lake Superior is the largest lake in the United States but we share it with Canada. The largest totally US owned lake is Lake Michigan.
In terms of volume of water, the largest is Lake Baikal in Siberia. Siberia is in Russia. In terms of surface area the Caspian Sea is largest but it is not freshwater. Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake by surface area.
The second largest freshwater lake by volume is Lake Tanganyika, located in Africa. It holds about 18% of the world's freshwater supply and is also one of the deepest lakes in the world.
The world's largest freshwater lake by volume is Lake Baikal in Russia, and by surface area is Lake Superior in North America.
Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia is the world's largest freshwater lake by volume, containing approximately 20% of the Earth's unfrozen freshwater.
Lake Okeechobee is located in south-central Florida, USA. It is the largest freshwater lake in Florida and the second-largest freshwater lake entirely within the United States.