@tirebiter73 @Ellico2020bis consider that there are 35K islands *within* the great lakes, including the largest fresh water one in the world, Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron which has an area of 1,068 sq mi! It contains within it more than 100 other lakes, some with their own islands! Lake Michigan is 307 miles long and 118 miles wide at its farthest points and would fill 3/8 of the distance between the top of the Texas panhandle and the mouth of the Rio Grande in Brownsville...