Manitoulin Island
Manitoulin Island is a large island in northern Lake Huron in the province of Ontario. It is the largest freshwater island in the world. 12,600 people live permanently on the island.
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Lake Huron, Ontario, Canada
- Also known as: “Ile Manitoulin”, “Manitoulini saar”, “Manitoulinön”, “Νήσος Μανιτούλιν”, and “マニトウリン島”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Kakawaie Island.
Kakawaie Island
Island
Lake Kagawong is the second largest lake on Manitoulin Island in Ontario, Canada. Located in the central part of the island, the lake is drained by the Kagawong River, which falls over Bridal Veil Falls into Lake Huron.
Manitoulin Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Ontario, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.8334° or 45° 50′ 0″ north
Longitude
-82.3331° or 82° 19′ 59″ west
Population
12,600
Elevation
209 metres (686 feet)
Open location code
86QVRMM8+8P
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Manitoulin Island” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزيرة مانيتولين”
- Asturian: “Islla Manitoulin”
- Azerbaijani: “Manitulin adası”
- Basque: “Manitoulin uhartea”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Манітулін”
- Belarusian: “Манітулін”
- Bulgarian: “Манитулин”
- Catalan: “illa Manitoulin”
- Catalan: “Illa Manitoulin”
- Cebuano: “Manitoulin Island”
- Chinese: “馬尼圖林島”
- Chinese: “马尼图林岛”
- Croatian: “Manitoulin”
- Czech: “Manitoulin”
- Danish: “Manitoulin Island”
- Dutch: “Manitoulin”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جزيره مانيتولين”
- Esperanto: “Insulo Manitoulin”
- Estonian: “Manitoulin”
- Finnish: “Manitoulin Island”
- French: “île Manitoulin”
- French: “Île Manitoulin”
- Galician: “Illa Manitoulin”
- Georgian: “მანიტულინი”
- German: “Manitoulin”
- Greek: “Μανιτούλιν”
- Hebrew: “מאניטולין”
- Italian: “isola Manitoulin”
- Italian: “Isola Manitoulin”
- Japanese: “マニトゥーリン島”
- Korean: “매니툴린섬”
- Latvian: “Manitulina”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Manitoulinøya”
- Norwegian: “Manitoulinøya”
- Persian: “جزیره منیتولین”
- Polish: “Manitoulin”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Manitoulin”
- Romanian: “Insula Manitoulin”
- Russian: “Манитулин”
- Spanish: “Isla Manitoulin”
- Swedish: “Manitoulin Island”
- Turkish: “Manitoulin Adası”
- Ukrainian: “Манітулін”
- Welsh: “Manitoulin Island”
- Western Frisian: “Manitoulin”
- Yue Chinese: “馬尼圖連島”
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Places to explore: Pleasant Valley and Long Bay.
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