Lake Michigan is around the same size as Nova Scotia.

Nova Scotia is approximately 55,283 km² (21,345 sq mi), while Lake Michigan is approximately 57,750 km² (22,297 sq mi), making Lake Michigan 4% larger than Nova Scotia.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nova Scotia vs. Lake Michigan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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