Largest lakes & reservoirs in Northeast by water volume
This is a comparison for lakes within USA > Midwest > Minnesota > Northeast > - Compared by Largest Lakes - Water Volume in acre-foot.For some lakes, "Largest Lakes - Water Volume" is unknown or does not apply, so this table may display fewer lakes than the total 24 articles we have published for Northeast lakes.
Note: In the United States, an acre foot is a unit of volume used to refer to large-scale bodies of water. It is defined by the volume of water needed to cover 1 acre of surface area to a depth of 1 foot.
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Lake name ![]() |
Water vol. in ac-ft ![]() |
Lake description |
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Lake Superior (Canada, Great Lakes, Lake Superior Northwoods Region, Michigan, Midwest, Minnesota, Northeast, Ontario, USA, Upper Peninsula, Wisconsin) |
9,799,680,000 ac-ft | Skipping over state and country borders, Lake Superior, the largest, deepest, coldest, cleanest, least developed, and most pristine of the Great Lakes… |
Kabetogama Lake (Midwest, Minnesota, Northeast, USA) |
643,453 ac-ft | (Also known as Lake Kabetogama) Located just a few miles from the Canadian border in St. Louis County, Minnesota’s Kabetogama Lake is every bit as unique as its name implies. This fr… |
Lake Winnibigoshish (Midwest, Minnesota, Northeast, Northwest, USA) |
220,000 ac-ft | (Also known as Lake Winnie) Lake Winnibigoshish is a legend among Minnesota lakes. The lake’s impressive size, covering more than 58,500 acres, reaches into both the Northwest an… |
Deer Lake MN (Midwest, Minnesota, Northeast, USA) |
168,811 ac-ft | (Also known as Lake of Changing Colors) Often called the “Lake of Changing Colors,” Deer Lake is a jewel in Minnesota’s northwoods country. Located northwest of Grand Rapids in south-central… |
Bowstring Lake (Midwest, Minnesota, Northeast, USA) |
142,905 ac-ft | Be it fishing, wakeboarding, canoeing or just simply wildlife watching, Bowstring Lake fulfills its visitors every vacation need. Set in Itasca County… |
Big Sandy Lake (Midwest, Minnesota, Northeast, USA) |
134,018 ac-ft | Big Sandy Lake is located in Minnesota’s northeast Aitkin County, home to over one million acres of hardwood forest and 365 lakes. With the majority o… |
Crane Lake MN (Midwest, Minnesota, Northeast, USA) |
92,640 ac-ft | Tucked into the vast and remote wilderness of northeastern Minnesota, Crane Lake is a picture of beauty seemingly taken before the rise of civilizatio… |
Pokegama Lake (Midwest, Minnesota, Northeast, USA) |
80,126 ac-ft | (Also known as Lake Pokegama) Pokegama Lake has been a premier vacation destination for over 100 years. Located on the southwestern side of Grand Rapids, Minnesota in Itasca County… |
Wabana Lake (Midwest, Minnesota, Northeast, USA) |
58,018 ac-ft | (Also known as Wabana Chain of Lakes) Trilling their distinctive call, loons glide across the surface of Wabana Lake, dodging in and out of the mist rising from the exceptionally clear wat… |
Siseebakwet Lake (Midwest, Minnesota, Northeast, USA) |
52,648 ac-ft | (Also known as Sugar) Sitting atop a brightly-colored towel and looking across Siseebakwet Lake’s crystalline, vividly blue waters might bring up images of the Caribbean or… |
Moose Lake (Midwest, Minnesota, Northeast, USA) |
38,190 ac-ft | The passage of time often brings change and development to certain areas, but northern Minnesota’s Moose Lake rests quietly in its remote setting. Wit… |