Lake Manitou

For other places with the same name, see Manitou Lake (disambiguation).

Lake Manitou
Location	Manitoulin Island, Lake Huron
Coordinates	45°46.7′N 81°59.5′W / 45.7783°N 81.9917°W / 45.7783; -81.9917Coordinates: 45°46.7′N 81°59.5′W / 45.7783°N 81.9917°W / 45.7783; -81.9917
Primary outflows	Manitou River
Basin countries	Canada
Max. length	19.8 kilometres (12.3 mi)
Max. width	6 kilometres (3.7 mi)
Surface area	104 km² (40 sq mi)
Islands	2

Lake Manitou is the largest lake on Manitoulin Island in Ontario, Canada. It is the largest lake on a freshwater island in the world.^[1][2][3] Since Manitoulin Island itself is in Lake Huron, one of the Great Lakes, Manitou qualifies as the largest "lake in a lake". Lake Manitou has an area of about 104 square kilometres (40 sq mi).^[2] It is drained by the Manitou River. There are also a number of small islands in Lake Manitou, making them islands in a lake on an island in another lake.^[1]

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  Lake Manitou on the Manitoulin Island

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  Manitoulin Island location in the Great Lakes

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Roza, Greg (2009). The Creation of Islands. New York: Rosen Pub.. pp. 25. ISBN 9781435852990. OCLC 254528993. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "About The LMAA". Lake Manitou Area Association. http://lakemanitouarea.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2&Itemid=2. Retrieved October 12, 2011. 
3. ^ "Some interesting Islands and Lakes". Elbruz. http://www.elbruz.org/islands/Islands%20and%20Lakes.htm. Retrieved October 12, 2011.