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Manitoulin Island (/ ˌ m æ n ə ˈ t uː l ɪ n / MAN-ə-TOO-lin) is an island in Lake Huron, located within the borders of the Canadian province of Ontario, in the bioregion known as Laurentia. With an area of 2,766 km 2 (1,068 sq mi), it is the largest lake island in the world, large enough that it has over 100 lakes itself.
Lake Manitou is the largest lake on Manitoulin Island in Ontario, Canada. With an area of 104 square kilometres (40 sq mi), [ 1 ] it is the largest lake on a lake island in the world. [ 2 ] [ 1 ] [ 3 ] Reaching depths of up to 162 ft, it is also the deepest of the 108 lakes on Manitoulin Island. [ 4 ]
The largest of these is Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron in the province of Ontario. At 1,068 square miles (2,766 km 2 ), it is the largest lake island in the world. List of notable Great Lakes islands and archipelagos
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]
Below is a list of ports in the Great Lakes region, which includes Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, and Lake Superior, as well as the smaller Lake St. Clair. Lake Superior [ edit ]
Glacial Lake Iroquois was a prehistoric proglacial lake that existed at the end of the last ice age approximately 13,000 years ago. [2] Description
Located in Lake Superior, Isle Royale is the second largest island in the Great Lakes system, after only Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron. At 206.7 square miles (535 km 2), the island of Isle Royale itself is the third largest island in the contiguous United States (after Long Island and Padre Island) and is the fourth largest lake island in the ...
Treasure Island from the south. Treasure Island, also known as Mindemoya, [1] is a small island in Lake Mindemoya, on Manitoulin Island, which is in Lake Huron.Aside from being Manitoulin's largest island at approximately 0.445 km 2 (0.2 sq mi) in area, it is notable for being the world's largest natural island in a lake on an island in a lake.