Lake Huron

historic site

Additional sign details available at MDNR's interactive marker map here: https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/0810844003f149faa1a3aeaa64d7d42e?dlg=LGWindowDetails#data_s=id%3AdataSource_2-194d0d01c4e-layer-4%3A82.

Material
metal
Operated by
Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Inscription
This, the fifth largest lake in the world, was the first of the Great Lakes Seen by white men. By Following the Ottawa River route, Samuel de Champlain in1615 came to the Freshwater Sea. It was half a century before the French fully understood...
DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4119:1019:49
June solstice05:4820:4421:30
September equinox07:2418:5719:36
December solstice08:1516:0616:56

Local time (America/Detroit).

45.58983, -84.16367

Elevation 180 m (modelled from terrain)

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