Manitoulin Islands, a chain of islands in Lake Huron, separating it from Georgian Bay. The principal are Grand Manitoulin (80 miles long and 28 wide), Cockburn Isle, and Drummond Isle; the last belongs to the state of Michigan, the rest to Ontario. All are irregular and striking in their natural features, and Grand Manitoulin and Cockburn are covered with large forests of pine. Pop. about 2000.
Manitoulin Islands,
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