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St. Joseph Channel
The St. Joseph Channel is a strait in Algoma District, Northwestern Ontario, Northwestern Ontario, Canada and Chippewa County, Michigan, Chippewa County, Michigan, United States. Shows the outline of the channel highlighted on a topographic map. It is in the Great Lakes Basin and connects the St. Marys River (Michigan–Ontario), St. Marys River flowing through the Middle Neebish Channel between Neebish Island and Sugar Island (Michigan), Sugar Island at the northwest and Lake George (Michigan–Ontario), Lake George/ East Neebish Channel between Sugar Island and the Ontario mainland at the north, with the North Channel (Ontario), North Channel between St. Joseph Island (Ontario), St. Joseph Island and the Ontario mainland at the east, and with the Munuscong Channel between Neebish Island and St. Joseph Island at the southwest. All of these waterbody elements are part of Lake Huron. References Sources * * * * Lake Huron Landforms of Algoma District Bodies of water of Chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Its southern and western border with the United States, stretching , is the world's longest binational land border. Canada's capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Indigenous peoples have continuously inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years. Beginning in the 16th century, British and French expeditions explored and later settled along the Atlantic coast. As a consequence of various armed conflicts, France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |