Where is Lake Superior , the largest fresh water lake in the world located?

Lake Superior is the largest of the Great Lakes of North America, the world's largest freshwater lake by surface area, and the third - largest freshwater lake by volume.

It is shared by Ontario to the north, Minnesota to the west, and Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to the south.

Lake Superior is the most northerly and most westerly of the Great Lakes chain, and the highest in elevation, draining into Lake Huron via St. Mary's River .