Do you mean the Great Lakes or the Great Salt Lake?
Small groups of Latter-day Saints were sent to settle in areas around the Great Lakes in the Kirtland and Nauvoo periods by Joseph Smith, Jr. Kirtland itself is just a few miles from Lake Erie. Several other settlements were made between the Mississippi River and Lake Michigan in Illinois and Wisconsin.
After the murder of Joseph Smith, most of the Saints followed Brigham Young to the Great Salt Lake. Most of those who stayed behind formed their own churches, which include the Community of Christ, the Strangites, the Temple Lot Church of Christ, and others.
The Mormon Trail
They didn't really make a settlement on the Great Salt Lake, as there is swampy marshland surrounding the lake for several miles. The first city they settled in the area was Great Salt Lake City, later renamed Salt Lake City, which is about 20 miles from the nearest shore of the Great Salt Lake.Salt Lake City and other Mormon settlements in the area were a part of a territory the Mormons named Deseret.
The area of Great Sacandaga Lake is 108.003 square kilometers.
When the Mormon Pioneers arrived at the Great Salt Lake, there were no buildings or white people. The only residents were a handful of Native Americans. The Mormons created the first buildings, permanent settlements, farms, ranches, mines, and factories. Essentially, the Mormons changed the area from a mostly uninhabited desert to a thriving metropolitan city. my name is Madison an his answer is correct. just 2 let u know :}
Lake Superior
Lake Superior is the largest and Lake Erie is the smallest of the Great lakes.
Brigham Young is the man who orchestrated nearly all the Mormon colonizing in the Great Basin area.
Great Salt Lake's area is 1,088,000 acres.
'Deseret' is what the original Mormon Pioneers named the area around what is now called "Utah". The federal government changed the name to Utah when they applied to become a state. It was not a city. The capital city of Deseret was Great Salt Lake City, which is now called Salt Lake City.
The Salt Lake is at least six times larger.
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There are 5 Great Lakes, from west to east: Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario. Lake superior is the largest lake in the world, by surface area. Huron is the largest lake in the world by surface area, that is contained entirely within one country. (USA)