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WI borders extend well out into Lake Michigan and Lake Superior therefore almost half of those lakes are considered part of wisconsin. The whole chunk of great lakes circled by orange is considered "Wisconsin's" lake area and is officially used to bulk up their total square mileage of water. The same goes with Michigan and New York.
In reality though, the Great Lakes shouldn't count for total lake area so if you take them out and only go by lakes that are completely within a state, MN has by far the most water area of any state.
WI borders extend well out into Lake Michigan and Lake Superior therefore almost half of those lakes are considered part of wisconsin. The whole chunk of great lakes circled by orange is considered "Wisconsin's" lake area and is officially used to bulk up their total square mileage of water. The same goes with Michigan and New York.
In reality though, the Great Lakes shouldn't count for total lake area so if you take them out and only go by lakes that are completely within a state, MN has by far the most water area of any state.
That's one of the very cool things about Wisconsin, though. It's whole eastern border is water that looks like an ocean.
WI borders extend well out into Lake Michigan and Lake Superior therefore almost half of those lakes are considered part of wisconsin. The whole chunk of great lakes circled by orange is considered "Wisconsin's" lake area and is officially used to bulk up their total square mileage of water. The same goes with Michigan and New York.
In reality though, the Great Lakes shouldn't count for total lake area so if you take them out and only go by lakes that are completely within a state, MN has by far the most water area of any state.
Exactly.
I'm so sick of these Sconnies and Michiganders acting like they have all these lakes. Read the fine print. That takes into account your giant shorelines.
Like somebody said, Minneosta's 8 largest lakes are bigger than the top 5s from WI and MI combined.
There are 5 lakes inside MN that you can't even see across.
That's one of the very cool things about Wisconsin, though. It's whole eastern border is water that looks like an ocean.
That is super cool, but doesn't mean that WI has 'more acres of water'.
It's a skewed fact.
Anyway, is there a lakeshore drive or anything that you can seee the lake on a long drive? I've been to Door County (Bore County) and MKE but can't remember.
WI borders extend well out into Lake Michigan and Lake Superior therefore almost half of those lakes are considered part of wisconsin. The whole chunk of great lakes circled by orange is considered "Wisconsin's" lake area and is officially used to bulk up their total square mileage of water. The same goes with Michigan and New York.
In reality though, the Great Lakes shouldn't count for total lake area so if you take them out and only go by lakes that are completely within a state, MN has by far the most water area of any state.
So I'm just supposed to ignore the giant freshwater sea that's right behind my apartment building? OK, will do.
I'm so sick of these Sconnies and Michiganders acting like they have all these lakes. Read the fine print. That takes into account your giant shorelines.
Like somebody said, Minneosta's 8 largest lakes are bigger than the top 5s from WI and MI combined.
There are 5 lakes inside MN that you can't even see across.
I think you guys are jealous that MN doesn't have nearly the amount of Great Lakes shoreline as your neighbors MI/WI do.
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That is super cool, but doesn't mean that WI has 'more acres of water'.
Anyway, is there a lakeshore drive or anything that you can seee the lake on a long drive? I've been to Door County (Bore County) and MKE but can't remember.
Minnesotans that discount other Great Lakes States claim to their easily accessible recreation opportunities afforded by these lakes are grasping at straws and making themselves look petty and jealous. These lakes do after all exist and they are within these states' borders. Give it up already and go back to touting how many lakes we have that are over 10 acres.
This one of the most adsurd things I have ever read on this forum.
How's that absurd?
It's like saying California has more acres of water than MN because they have the Pacific Ocean Coast, when that makes zero sense.
Texas has a coast line. Does that mean Texas has more acres of water than Minnesota? No.
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