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The Bruce Peninsula is a peninsula in Ontario, Canada, that divides Georgian Bay of Lake Huron from the lake's main basin. The peninsula extends roughly northwestwards from the rest of Southwestern Ontario, pointing towards Manitoulin Island, with which it forms the widest strait joining Georgian Bay to the rest of Lake Huron.
Georgian Bay has been known by several names. To the Ojibwe, it is known as "Spirit Lake".To the Huron-Wendat, it is known as Lake Attigouatan. Samuel de Champlain, the first European to explore and map the area in 1615–1616, called it "La Mer douce" (the sweet/calm/fresh sea), which was a reference to the bay's freshwater. [1]
View of islands in Lake Huron between Manitoulin Island (left) and the northwestern tip of the Bruce Peninsula (right). North is oriented towards the upper left in this photo taken from the International Space Station on April 10, 2022. The largest island completely shown is Fitzwilliam Island on the left side. This is a list of islands of Ontario.
Stokes Bay is a community (Canadian Post code N0H 0A9), in the Municipality of Northern Bruce Peninsula on Bruce Peninsula (which partly encloses Georgian Bay), and the eastern shore of Lake Huron, in Ontario.
Little Pike Bay is a bay in the Northern Bruce Peninsula, off Lake Huron in south-western Ontario, Canada Little Pike Bay is located 50 km south of Tobermory and 60 km north of Owen Sound . The area now hosts seasonal cottages , year-round homes and seasonal tourism .
By surface area, Lake Huron is the second-largest of the Great Lakes, with a surface area of 23,007 square miles (59,590 km 2)—of which 9,103 square miles (23,580 km 2) lies in Michigan and 13,904 square miles (36,010 km 2) lies in Ontario—making it the third-largest fresh water lake on Earth (or the fourth-largest lake, if the Caspian Sea ...
Lion's Head is a community in the municipality of Northern Bruce Peninsula, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada.It is located at the midway point of the Bruce Peninsula, about halfway between Owen Sound and Tobermory, just east of Ferndale on Bruce Road 9.
Sauble Beach (pop. 2000 [citation needed]) is a beach community and unincorporated area in the town of South Bruce Peninsula, Bruce County, in the northern area of southwestern Ontario, Canada. It is on the Bruce Peninsula , along the eastern shore of Lake Huron , on the north edge of the Saugeen First Nation .
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