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This lake is the second largest of the Great Lakes,
making it the fifth largest freshwater lake in the world.
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Bordered by: state of Michigan and province
of Ontario, Canada
Also, Lake Huron is joined to Lake Michigan by the
Straits of Mackinaw and is therefore hydrologically
inseparable from it.
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Shoreline: nearly 3,200 miles that is
mostly wilderness
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Dimensions: 206 miles long and 183 miles wide
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Surface Area: 23,000 square miles
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Feet above sea level: 579
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Flushing Time: 22 years
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Greatest Depth: 750 feet
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Average Depth: 195 feet
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Special Features: Has largest
island in any lake in the world, Grand Manitoulin (1,223 sq. miles);
Contains the Georgian Bay, a bay that is so large
that it is nicknamed "the Sixth Great Lake".
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Lake Huron
LAKE HURON LIGHTS