Lake Huron is a very
scenic lake and one of the five Great Lakes of North America, with
amazing Rock Turnips special stone formations. It consist the easterly
portion of Lake Michigan–Huron, having the same surface
elevation as its westerly counterpart, it is connected by the wide
Straits of Mackinac, and bounded on the east by the Canadian province
of Ontario and on the west by the state of Michigan in the United
States. Lake Huron is the 2nd largest Great Lake by
surface area and the 5th largest freshwater lake in the world, with the
longest shoreline of the Great Lakes, counting the shorelines of its
30,000 islands. The name of the lake is derived from early French
explorers who named it for the Huron people inhabiting
the region. The huronian glaciation was named due to evidence collected
from Lake Huron region. Lake Huron receives the flow from both Lake
Superior and Lake Michigan, but water flows through Lake Huron much more
speedily than through either of them. Shipwrecks
are scattered throughout the lake, with five bottomland preserves in
Michigan and a national park in Ontario designated to protect the most
historically noteworthy ones. The lovely Lake Huron basin is heavily
forested, sparsely populated, scenically striking,
and economically dependent on its prosperous natural resources. Rock
formations are in result of years of wave erosion. The Lake also has
beaches that are very beautiful and very well liked tourists who come to
this Lake. Lake Huron extend about 3,827 miles
of sandy beach and Gulf Coast into Georgia. This Lake has a size of
about 206 km across and 190 miles north to South, with an average depth
of about 750 meters. Lake Huron has become very popular recently,
because it has a awesome views which is endless and
rare. Due to it’s natural beauty tourist from all over the worlds
visiting this lake in large numbers mainly March to November. All
tourist facilities are easily available here, and if you want to eat
something a restaurant is there for you. On November 9,
1913, a great storm hit Lake Huron which sank 10 ships and more than
twenty were driven ashore. The storm, which raged for 16 hours, killed
235 seamen. Lake Huron has suffered variety of new invasive species,
including zebra and quagga mussels, the spiny water
flea, and round gobies, and a number of radical changes have been
observed in the zooplankton community of the lake. Chinook salmon
catches have also been greatly reduced in recent years, and Lake
Whitefish have become less abundant and are in poor condition.
These recent changes may be attributable to the new exotic species.
Some interesting fact & figures as below
1. LENGTH: 206 miles (332 km).
2. BREADTH: 183 miles (245 km).
3. AVERAGE DEPTH: 195 ft. (59 m).
4. MAXIMUM DEPTH: 750 ft. (229 m).
5. VOLUME: 850 cubic miles (3,540 cubic km).
6. WATER SURFACE AREA: 23,000 sq. miles (59,600 sq. km).
7. TOTAL DRAINAGE BASIN AREA: 51,700 sq. miles (134,100 sq. km).
8. DRAINAGE BASIN AREA BY STATE/PROVINCE:
9. Michigan: 16,100 sq mi; 41,700 sq km
10. Ontario: 35,200 sq mi; 91,100 sq km
11. SHORELINE LENGTH (including islands): 3,827 miles / 6,157 km.
12. ELEVATION: 577 ft. / 176 m.
13. OUTLET: St. Clair River to Lake Erie
14. RETENTION/REPLACEMENT TIME: 22 years
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