Map showing the location of Lake Superior National Marine Conservation Area

The Lake Superior National Marine Conservation Area is a national marine conservation area on the north shore of Lake Superior, announced by Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on October 25, 2007 at a press conference in Nipigon, Ontario. Although there have been previous national marine parks, this is the first area in Canada to be designated as a "National Marine Conservation Area", as defined by the Marine Conservation Areas Act.^[2] It is the largest freshwater marine protected area in the world.^[3][4]

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake Superior National Marine Conservation Area