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Great Lakes Map Quiz

Tap the lake, bay or river each question names, starting with the five Great Lakes.

Great Lakes Map Quiz

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Tap this on the map: Lake Ontario

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Write the name of each numbered feature.Answer key

  1. Lake Superior
  2. Lake Michigan
  3. Lake Huron
  4. Lake Erie
  5. Lake Ontario
  6. St. Marys River
  7. St. Clair River
  8. Lake St. Clair
  9. Niagara River
  10. St. Lawrence River
  11. Georgian Bay
  12. Lake Nipigon
  13. Lake Simcoe
  14. Lake Nipissing
  15. Lake Winnebago

Drawn for this site from Natural Earth 5.1.2. Licence: public domain.

Each feature is a button. Use the arrow keys to move between them and Enter to choose. Names are read out in Study, and once a feature is answered.

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The five Great Lakes 5

  1. Lake Superior By surface area, the world's largest freshwater lake.
  2. Lake Michigan The largest lake that lies entirely within one country.
  3. Lake Huron Shared by Ontario and Michigan; Georgian Bay is part of it.
  4. Lake Erie The southernmost and shallowest of the five.
  5. Lake Ontario The last lake in the chain, between Ontario and New York.

The waters that join the lakes 5

  1. St. Marys River It drains Lake Superior into Lake Huron.
  2. St. Clair River It flows out of Lake Huron to Lake St. Clair.
  3. Lake St. Clair A smaller lake between Lake Huron and Lake Erie.
  4. Niagara River It flows north, Lake Erie to Lake Ontario.
  5. St. Lawrence River It carries the lakes' water from Lake Ontario to the Atlantic.

Georgian Bay and the smaller lakes 5

  1. Georgian Bay A big Lake Huron bay, entirely within Ontario.
  2. Lake Nipigon The largest lake entirely within Ontario; it drains into Lake Superior.
  3. Lake Simcoe A lake in southern Ontario, the fourth-largest wholly in the province.
  4. Lake Nipissing A shallow Ontario lake between the Ottawa River and Georgian Bay.
  5. Lake Winnebago A shallow lake in east central Wisconsin, the state's largest.

How this list was compiled: Shapes, points and names: the site's own map drawing as it stood on 2026-10-01; the names are those of Natural Earth, the map data, and each was read again in the title or opening of the feature's English Wikipedia article. Detail lines: one fact each from the opening of that article, read on 2026-10-01 (checked 2026-10-01): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgian_Bay; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Erie; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Huron; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Michigan; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Nipigon; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Nipissing; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Ontario; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Simcoe; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_St._Clair; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Superior; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Winnebago; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niagara_River; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Clair_River; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Lawrence_River; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Marys_River_(Michigan–Ontario). Licence: own work

The drawing: Drawn for this site from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_lakes (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_lakes.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19; from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_rivers_lake_centerlines (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_rivers_lake_centerlines.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19. Surrounding land from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_admin_1_states_provinces (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_admin_1_states_provinces.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19. Lambert azimuthal equal-area projection centred on 45.5°N 84°W. Outlines simplified; small islands are left out. Licence: public domain (Natural Earth terms of use: https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/)

How it works

This Great Lakes map quiz asks the five lakes first: Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario. Two more rounds zoom in on the rivers that join them, then on Georgian Bay and four smaller lakes of the basin.

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Round one is a 5 Great Lakes map quiz

Lake Superior is the largest and the farthest north and west. Lake Michigan and Lake Huron stand at the same level, joined at the Straits of Mackinac. Lake Erie is the southernmost, and Lake Ontario is the last in the chain.

Follow the water downstream

Lake Superior drains through the St. Marys River into Lake Huron. The St. Clair River, Lake St. Clair and the Detroit River lead on to Lake Erie, the Niagara River to Lake Ontario, and the St. Lawrence River to the Atlantic. The Detroit River and the Straits of Mackinac are not shapes of the drawing, so they are not asked.

  • Georgian Bay is part of Lake Huron and lies entirely in Ontario.
  • The short rivers and the small lakes are answered at a ring beside them.
  • Lake St. Clair is the small lake between Lake Huron and Lake Erie; the St. Clair River flows into it.

Questions and answers

What are the five Great Lakes on the map?

Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario. Together they are the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth by total area. Four are shared by the United States and Canada; Lake Michigan lies entirely within the United States.

Which Great Lake is the largest?

Lake Superior. By surface area it is the world's largest freshwater lake and third-largest by volume. Lake Erie is the five's shallowest and the smallest by volume.

Why is Lake St. Clair not one of the Great Lakes?

It belongs to the Great Lakes system but is not counted among the five. With the St. Clair River and the Detroit River it connects Lake Huron to Lake Erie.

Is there a Great Lakes blank map to print?

Yes. Before the first question, open More options: the blank print numbers every feature and leaves a line for each name. The states and provinces around the lakes are drawn without names, as on a blank map of the Great Lakes region.

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