False Detour Channel
The False Detour Channel is a short channel in Lake Huron, connecting the main body of the lake to the North Channel. The name comes from the French de tour, and the waterways around Drummond Island, that early navigators found difficult to separate.False Detour Channel
- Type: Strait
- Description: channel in Lake Huron, in Canada and the United States
- Categories: channel and body of water
- Location: Ontario, Canada, North America
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Latitude
45.95225° or 45° 57′ 8″ north
Longitude
-83.46931° or 83° 28′ 10″ west
Elevation
175 metres (574 feet)
Open location code
86QRXG2J+W7
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=strait
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“False Detour Channel” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “False Detour Channel (agianan sa Canada)”
- Cebuano: “False Detour Channel”
- Dutch: “False Detour Straat”
- French: “chenal False Detour”
- French: “Chenal False Detour”
- German: “False Detour Kanal”
- Swedish: “False Detour Channel”
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