The lakes of the US are often thought of as great holiday destinations. All of them provide a combination of hiking, boating, ...

Long before the Great Lakes came to define the heart of North America, a much larger lake once ruled the land. Lake Agassiz, a prehistoric inland sea, spread across the continent with a reach that ...

An article published in 2024 claimed this NC lake was the most leech-infested in the country. Was it correct? What to know ...

The Great Lakes formed where they did 20,000 years ago thanks to a hotspot that sat under the supercontinent Pangaea 300 million years ago, before North America even existed. New research finds ...

The five Great Lakes in North America contain about 22,700km³ of water, the largest of them, Lake Superior, contributing roughly 12,100km³. Meanwhile, Lake Michigan is about 4,900km³ ...

Lake Tahoe is the oldest lake in North America and the third oldest in the world, according to new research presented at the Geological Society of America’s annual meeting on Monday in Anaheim.

BookRetreats then named Canada the most relaxing destination in all of North America and the second best ... Home to the world’s largest collection of lakes and the mesmerizing aurora borealis ...

A column by Winona LaDuke, an Ojibwe writer and economist on Minnesota’s White Earth Reservation. She also is co-curator of ...