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latitude. Georgian Bay is 125 M. long, with a greatest width of 6o in., while North Channel is 120 M. long, with an extreme width of 16 m., the whole lake having an See also:

AREA

area of 23,200 sq. m. The See also:

SURFACE

surface is 581 ft. above the See also:

sea. The main lake reaches a See also:

DEPTH

depth of 802 ft.; Georgian bay shows depths, especially near its See also:

west See also:

SHORE

shore, of over 300 ft.; North Channel has depths of 18o ft. Lake Huron is 20 ft. See also:

LOWER

lower than Lake See also:

SUPERIOR

Superior, whose See also:

WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters it receives at its See also:

NORTHERN

northern extremity through St. See also:

Mary river, is on tiie same level as Lake Michigan, which connects with its north-west extremity through the Strait of Mackinac, and is nearly 9 ft. higher than Lake See also:

ERIE

Erie, into which it discharges at its See also:

south extremity through St Clair river. See also:

PINE (Lat. Pinus, Gr. srlrur)

pine and spruce or a scattered growth of small trees on a sandy See also:

SOIL

soil. This shore is indented by See also:

THUNDER

Thunder bay, 78 sq. in. in area, and See also:

SAGINAW

Saginaw bay, 50 M. deep and 26 m. wide across .its mouth. The See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief tributaries of the lake on the U.S. See also:

side are Thunder bay river, Au See also:

Sable river and Saginaw river. On the Canadian side are See also:

SERPENT (Lat. serpens, creeping, from serpere; cf. "reptile " from repere, Gr.4 ml-eta)

Serpent river, See also:

SPANISH

Spanish river, See also:

French river, draining Lake See also:

NIPISSING

Nipissing, Muskoka river, See also:

Severn river, draining lake See also:

SIMCOE, JOHN GRAVES (1752-1806)

Simcoe, and Nottawasaga river, all emptying into Georgian bay and North Channel, and Saugeen and See also:

Maitland See also:

rivers, flowing into the main lake.

These have been or are largely used in connexion with pine lumbering operations. They, with smaller streams, drain a See also:

basin of 75,300 sq. m. There is a slight current in Lake Huron skirting the west shore from inlet to outlet. At the south end it turns and passes up the See also:

east See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast. There is also a return current south of Manitoulin Island and a current, sometimes' attaining a strength of See also:

HALF

half a See also:

knot, passes into Georgian bay through the main entrance. See also:

ICE (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Eis)

Ice and See also:

NAVIGATION (from Lat. navis, ship, and agere, to move)

navigation conditions and yearly levels are similar to those on the other Great Lakes (q.v.). Practically all the See also:

UNITED

United States See also:

TRAFFIC

traffic is confined to vessels passing through the main lake between Lakes Superior and Michigan and Lake Erie, but on the Canadian side are several railway termini which receive See also:

GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain mostly from Lake Superior, and deliver mixed See also:

FREIGHT, (pronounced like " weight "; derived from the Dutch vracht or vrecht, in Fr. fret, the Eng. " fraught " being the same word, and formerly used for the same thing, but now only as an adjective= " laden ")

freight to ports on that lake. The chief of these are See also:

Parry See also:

Sound, Midland, See also:

Victoria See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

Harbour, See also:

Collingwood, See also:

Owen Sound, See also:

Southampton, Kincardine, Goderich and See also:

SARNIA

Sarnia, at the outlet of the lake. The construction of a See also:

SHIP

ship See also:

canal to connect Georgian bay with See also:

MONTREAL

Montreal by way of French river, Lake Nipissing and See also:

OTTAWA

Ottawa river began in 1910. A river and lake route with connecting canals, in all about 440 M. long, will be opened for vessels of 20 ft. See also:

DRAUGHT (from the common Teutonic word " to draw "; cf. Ger. 7'racht, load; the pronunciation led to the variant form " draft," now confined to certain specific meanings)

draught at a cost estimated at £20,000,000 saving some 340 See also:

MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles in the distance from Lake Superior or Lake Michigan to the sea. There is a large fishing See also:

INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry in Lake Huron, the Canadian catch being valued at over a See also:

QUARTER (through Fr. from Lat. quartarius, fourth part)

quarter million dollars per annum. See also:

Salmon See also:

TROUT (Salmo trutta)

trout (Salvelinus namaycush, Walb.) and See also:

WHITEFISH

whitefish (Coregonus clupeiformis, Mitchill) are the most numerous and valuable.

Amongst the islands on the east shore of Georgian bay, which are greatly frequented as a summer resort, See also:

black See also:

bass (micropterus) and maskinonge (Esox See also:

NOBILIOR, MARCUS FULVIUS

nobilior, Le Sueur) are a great attraction to anglers. See Georgian Bay and North Channel See also:

PILOT

Pilot, See also:

DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

Department of Marine and See also:

FISHERIES

Fisheries (Ottawa, 1903) ; Sailing Directions for Lake Huron, Canadian Shore, Department of Marine and Fisheries (Ottawa, 1905); Bulletin No. 17, Survey of Northern and North-Western Lakes, United States, See also:

War Department (See also:

Washington, 1907) ; U.S. Hydro-graphic See also:

OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

Office Publication, No. zo8 C. Sailing Directions for Lake Huron, &c. U.S. See also:

NAVY

Navy Department (Washington, 19o1).

End of Article: HURON

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