Lake Huron is one of the five Great Lakes

Great Lakes

The Great Lakes are a collection of freshwater lakes located in northeastern North America, on the Canada – United States border. Consisting of Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario, they form the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth by total surface, coming in second by volume...

 of North America

North America

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. Hydrologically

Hydrology

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, it comprises the larger portion of Lake Michigan-Huron

Lake Michigan-Huron

Lake Michigan-Huron is geologically the largest of the North American Great Lakes. Traditionally considered to be two separate lakes, Lake Michigan and Lake Huron, it is hydrologically a single body of water connected at the Straits of Mackinac....

. It is bounded on the east by the Canadian

Canada

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 province of Ontario

Ontario

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 and on the west by the state of Michigan

Michigan

Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....

 in the United States

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. The name of the lake is derived from early French explorers who named it for the Huron people inhabiting the region.
Lake Huron is the second largest of the Great Lakes, with a surface area of 23,000 square miles (59,600 km²) making it the third largest fresh water lake on Earth (fourth largest lake if the saline Caspian Sea

Caspian Sea

The Caspian Sea is the largest enclosed body of water on Earth by area, variously classed as the world's largest lake or a full-fledged sea. The sea has a surface area of and a volume of...

 is included).