Manitoulin Island

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freshwater island island landform

Manitoulin Island is the world’s largest freshwater island, located in Lake Huron in the Canadian province of Ontario.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf freshwater island ⓘ
island ⓘ
landform ⓘ
area approximately 1068 square miles ⓘ
approximately 2766 square kilometres ⓘ
borders Georgian Bay ⓘ
North Channel of Lake Huron ⓘ
connectedBy Little Current Swing Bridge ⓘ
connectedTo Ontario Highway 6 ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
hasAirport Manitoulin East Municipal Airport ⓘ
surface form: Gore Bay–Manitoulin Airport

Manitoulin East Municipal Airport ⓘ
hasIndigenousReserve Aundeck Omni Kaning First Nation ⓘ
M’Chigeeng First Nation ⓘ
Sheguiandah First Nation ⓘ
Sheshegwaning First Nation ⓘ
Wikwemikong Unceded Territory ⓘ
Zhiibaahaasing First Nation ⓘ
hasLake Kagawong Lake ⓘ
Lake Kagawong ⓘ
Lake Manitou ⓘ
Lake Mindemoya ⓘ
hasLargestSettlement Little Current ⓘ
hasMunicipality Assiginack ⓘ
Billings ⓘ
Burpee and Mills ⓘ
Central Manitoulin ⓘ
Gore Bay ⓘ
Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands ⓘ
Tehkummah ⓘ
hasPopulation approximately 13000 (early 21st century) ⓘ
hasPostalCodePrefix P0P ⓘ
hasTown Gore Bay ⓘ
Kagawong ⓘ
Manitowaning ⓘ
Mindemoya ⓘ
hasWaterfall Bridal Veil Falls ⓘ
highestPoint approximately 352 metres above sea level ⓘ
locatedIn Great Lakes region ⓘ
Lake Huron ⓘ
Northern Ontario ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ
nameEtymology derived from Ojibwe "Manidoowaaling" meaning "cave of the spirit" or "spirit island" ⓘ
partOf Manitoulin District ⓘ
surface form: District of Manitoulin

Great Lakes region ⓘ
surface form: Great Lakes Basin

Ontario ⓘ
surface form: Province of Ontario
superlative world’s largest freshwater island ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
traditionalTerritoryOf Anishinabek ⓘ
surface form: Anishinaabe peoples

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

North Channel → adjacentTo → Manitoulin Island ⓘ
Georgian Bay → borderedBy → Manitoulin Island ⓘ
subject surface form: Lake Huron
Ontario → containsIsland → Manitoulin Island ⓘ
subject surface form: Lake Huron
Georgian Bay → hasPart → Manitoulin Island ⓘ
Lake Huron → hasPart → Manitoulin Island ⓘ
Odawa → historicalRegion → Manitoulin Island ⓘ
North Channel → separates → Manitoulin Island ⓘ