Lake Huron is the second-largest Great Lake by surface area and the third-largest by volume.
It covers about 59,600 square kilometres, making it smaller than Lake Superior but larger than Lake Michigan, Lake Erie and Lake Ontario by surface area. Huron and Michigan are hydrologically one lake because they are connected by the deep, wide Straits of Mackinac.
The lake borders Ontario in Canada and Michigan in the United States. Its name comes from early French references to the Wyandot, or Huron, people. Georgian Bay and the North Channel form major sections along its Canadian side.
A common mix-up is ranking Huron and Michigan separately by volume: Lake Michigan is fourth by volume, while Huron is third. The two basins are nevertheless often discussed together because water flows freely between them.