The Waters of Wisconsin

 The Waters of Wisconsin

A land of great waters, Wisconsin’s shores include those of Lake Superior, the largest lake on Earth, and Lake Michigan, the world’s sixth largest. Furthermore Wisconsin is bordered on the west by the mighty Mississippi. Inland of these gigantic waterways lie no less than 15,000 lakes and countless rivers. The State is a land of bluffs and beaches, forests and farms, and, of course, lakes and rivers. Except for its southwest corner - the Driftless Area - Wisconsin was carved by another water form, ice of the last Ice Age 12,000 years ago. Thus Wisconsin owes its topography and verdant green to water, both in its liquid and solid forms.