 you know the laws that are there to protect wetlands if it's not classified as a wetland but classified as a lake the protection is different so bodies of water classified as ponds or puddles or water stains often get no protection but even if minnesota does have wisconsin beat in the lakes department neither of them tops ontario oh gosh the canadian province has a lot of lakes yes ontario has more than a quarter million lakes making up one-fifth of the planet's fresh water supply