Lakes

I read in a book that Canada 60% of the lakes in the world. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake. That’s more than all the countries in the world combined. So I researched about lakes in Texas. There is only one lake in all of Texas that is NOT man made. It is called Lake Caddo. All of the other seven lakes (just kidding, there is more than that) in Texas are man made. The natural lake is in northeast Texas. The biggest lake is in southeast Texas and is 114,000-acres. Hmmm, might be big enough for more than two people, eh? Most of the lakes are fresh water, but there are a few that are salt water. There was no web site that had a list of just the salt water lakes.

There are 169 lakes in Texas, if I counted right. That is not that many for such a large state. http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/fishboat/fish/recreational/lakes/lakelist.phtml. There are at least 100 lakes in Alberta. I couldn’t find a complete list. It says there are 89 but the list is incomplete. Nova Scotia has the most lakes in Canada which is 142 (again, if my counting is right). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lakes_of_Alberta. Nova Scotia is approximately 21,000 sq. miles (not meters). Texas is approximately 270,000 sq. miles. Texas is more than 10 times bigger than Nova Scotia. There would be 1,420 lakes in Nova Scotia if it were the same size as Texas. That was counting the number of lakes there are, not the size. But you have heard it said, “Everything is bigger in Texas” (except snowmen).