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Which Great Lake lies entirely within the United States?

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Lake Michigan

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Lake Michigan is the only Great Lake located wholly within the United States. The other four cross the U.S.-Canada boundary.

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Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Indiana all border Lake Michigan.

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