The tutor brings up a geographical curiosity.

My interest has grown in lakes, rivers, ponds, etc – possibly because of the variety of plants that grow around their margins, or because of the fish that hope to thrive within them. (I’m not a fisherman, but I like seeing organisms thrive.)

The large rivers of the world, such as the Amazon, Ganges, Congo, Yellow, or Mississippi, host some surprising species that one seldom hears about. I’ll eventually discuss them in posts.

Today, I’m talking about Manitoulin Island, in Lake Huron, Ontario. One of its claims to fame is being the world’s largest island in a freshwater lake.

Equally interesting, Manitoulin Island contains the world’s largest lake-on-an-island-in-a-freshwater-lake: Lake Manitou. It’s about 100 square kilometres.

Another curiosity on Manitoulin Island is the world’s largest island-in-a-freshwater-lake-on-an-island-in-a-freshwater-lake: Treasure Island. It’s not in Lake Manitou, but rather Lake Mindemoya, which is also on Manitoulin Island. Treasure Island is about 0.6 square kilometres.

I’ll be sharing more of my geographical finds in future posts:)

Source:

Wikipedia: Manitoulin Island

Wikipedia: Lake Manitou

Wikipedia: Treasure Island

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