Manitoulin Island / ˌ m æ n ɪ ˈ t uː l ɪ n / 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 inland lakes itself. In addition to the historic Anishinaabe and European settlement of the ...

Drummond Township is a civil township of Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan.The population was 1,058 at the 2010 census.. The township consists of Drummond Island, the seventh-largest lake island in the world. With an area of 347 km 2 (134 sq mi), it is also the third-largest lake island in Lake Huron, behind Manitoulin and St. Joseph, and the fifth-largest …

An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island in a river or a lake island may be called an eyot or ait, and a small island off the coast may be called a holm. ...

Design. The bridge carries Highway 6 (formerly Highway 68) across a narrow channel separating Manitoulin Island from the much smaller Goat Island, forming the only land access.It consists of two 21 m (70 ft) deck plate girder approaches on the north end (Goat Island) and a single 18 m (60 ft) deck plate girder approach on the south end (Manitoulin Island), with a 112 m (368 ft) …

Mackinac Island (/ ˈ m æ k ɪ n ɔː / MAK-in-aw; French: Île Mackinac; Ojibwe: Mishimikinaak ᒥᔑᒥᑭᓈᒃ; Ottawa: Michilimackinac) is an island and resort area, covering 4.35 square miles (11.3 km 2) in land area, in the U.S. state of Michigan.The name of the island in Odawa is Michilimackinac and "Mitchimakinak" in Ojibwemowin meaning "Big Turtle". ". It is located in …

Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America.It is the second-largest of the Great Lakes by volume (1,180 cu mi (4,900 km 3)) and the third-largest by surface area (22,404 sq mi (58,030 km 2)), after Lake Superior and Lake Huron.To the east, its basin is conjoined with that of Lake Huron through the 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (5.6 kilometers) wide, 295 feet (90 meters; 49 …

Rank World rank Island's name Area (km²) Area (sq mi) Location Permanent population (2016) Notes References 1: 5: Baffin Island: 507,451 195,928: Nunavut

St. Joseph Island is in the northwestern part of Lake Huron.It is part of the Canadian province of Ontario.At 365 km 2 (141 sq mi) in area, it is the sixth largest lake island in the world; the second largest island on Lake Huron, following Manitoulin Island; and the third largest of all the islands on the Great Lakes, trailing Manitoulin and Lake Superior's Isle Royale.

Central Manitoulin Township; Cockburn Island Township; Gordon/Barrie Island Township; Town of Gore Bay; Town of Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands; Tehkummah Township; Unorganized Areas. Manitoulin, Unorganized, West Part; Nipissing District

The Great Lakes Storm of 1913 (historically referred to as the "Big Blow", the "Freshwater Fury", and the "White Hurricane") was a blizzard with hurricane-force winds that devastated the Great Lakes Basin in the Midwestern United States and Southwestern Ontario, Canada, from November 7 to 10, 1913.The storm was most powerful on November 9, battering and overturning ships on …