Manitoulin Island is a Canadian lake island in Lake Huron, in the province of Ontario. It is the largest lake island in the world. In addition to the historic Anishinaabe and European settlement of the island, archeological discoveries at Sheguiandah have demonstrated Paleo-Indian and Archaic cultures dating from 10,000 BCE to 2000 BCE.
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