Fun facts about Lake Huron
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Lake Huron is the second-largest of the Great Lakes by surface area, covering 23,000 square miles.
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Lake Huron is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is shared on the north and east by the Canadian province of Ontario and on the south and west by the U.S. state of Michigan.
From the “Geography” section
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Manitoulin Island, located in Lake Huron, is the world's largest lake island.
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Lake Huron is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is shared on the north and east by the Canadian province of Ontario and on the south and west by the U.S. state of Michigan.
From the “Geography” section
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Lake Huron has the largest shoreline length of any of the Great Lakes, counting its 30,000 islands.
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Lake Huron is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is shared on the north and east by the Canadian province of Ontario and on the south and west by the U.S. state of Michigan.
From the “Geology” section
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The first European vessel to sail the Great Lakes, Le Griffon, was lost in Lake Huron in 1679.
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Lake Huron is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is shared on the north and east by the Canadian province of Ontario and on the south and west by the U.S. state of Michigan.
From the “Shipwrecks” section
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Lake Huron has suffered from the introduction of invasive species such as zebra and quagga mussels.
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Lake Huron is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is shared on the north and east by the Canadian province of Ontario and on the south and west by the U.S. state of Michigan.
From the “Ecology” section
Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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