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- Georgian Bay is one of the two largest bays on the Great Lakes
- Early explorers listed Georgian Bay as a separate sixth lake because it is nearly separated from the rest of Lake Huron by Manitoulin Island and the Bruce Peninsula
- Lake Huron is the second largest Great Lake by surface area and the fifth largest freshwater lake in the world
- It receives the flow from both Lake Superior and Lake Michigan
- It has the longest shoreline of the Great Lakes
- It holds some 30,000 islands
- Manitoulin Island is the largest freshwater island in the world
- Lake Huron was the first of the Great Lakes to be discovered by European explorers
- It was first visited in the 17th century by the French explorers Samuel de Champlain and Étienne Brûlé
- At the time of European contact the Ojibwe and Ottawa Indians lived along the north and eastern shores of Georgian Bay
- The Huron and Iroquois inhabited the lands to the south
- Georgian Bay was first charted in 1822 and was named after King George IV
- Penetanguishene, also located at the southern tip of the bay, was created as a British naval base in 1793
[Photo of Lake Huron by Camera Lucida]