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Manitoulin Island

British  
/ ˌmænɪˈtuːlɪn /

noun

  1. an island in N Lake Huron in Ontario: the largest freshwater island in the world. Length: 129 km (80 miles). Width: up to 48 km (30 miles)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Mr Rivers, who is indigenous, leads organised walks around Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory on Manitoulin Island, in Ontario.

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2024

McMaster, in another image called At the Edge of This Immensity, poses on Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron: she has a boat loaded with birds on her shoulder.

From The Guardian • Dec. 4, 2019

Roy grew up on Manitoulin Island, in Lake Huron, off the coast of Ontario.

From Washington Times • Nov. 30, 2014

No making up elaborate stories in order to spend a weekend in San Francisco or in a tent on Manitoulin Island.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 14, 2013

At Manitoulin Island were Huron refugees, among whom were, doubtless, the waiting families of the Indians with Radisson.

From Pathfinders of the West Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Vérendrye, Lewis and Clark by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)

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