Huron

(hu'rõn,) one of the 5 great lakes of N. America, about 800 m. in circuit,b. W. and S.W. by the State of Michigan, and on other sides by Upper Canada, extending in N. Lat. from 43° to 46° 20', and in W. Lon. from 79° to 85°. Its surface is 584 feet above the level of the sea; its depth about 1000 feet. Its waters are remarkable for their clearne and purity. This vast body of water is said to contain 3,000 islands, one of them, the Great Manitou lin, or Sacred Island, running parallel to almost the whole of the northern coast, which is one continuous ma of comparatively barren rocks.Also, a river of Michigan, rising bet. Washtenaw and Livings ton cos., and entering Lake Erie bet. Wayne and Monroe cos., after a S.E. course of abt. 90 m. [s. 467]