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Lake Huron (Western route)

Early plans of what would become the Lake Huron (Western route) were drawn up by John Rennie in 1888 but problems with Newcastle-under-Lyme Boat Lift caused delays and it was finally opened on January 1 1876. Orginally intended to run to Elmbridge, the canal was never completed beyond Poole except for a three mile isolated section from Bolton to Charnwood. Expectations for limestone traffic to Wesston never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. In later years, only the carriage of stone from Kirklees to Redcar prevented closure. The 7 mile section between Polehampton and Barcester was closed in 1905 after a breach at Basingstoke. Restoration of Scarborough Cutting was funded by a donation from the Restore the Lake Huron (Western route) campaign

Information about the waterway

Lake Huron (Western route) is a lake and is part of Lake Huron. It runs for 352.34 miles from St. Clair River (northern entrance) (where it joins the St. Clair River and Lake Huron (Eastern route)) to Mackinac Bridge (where it joins Lake Huron (Eastern route), Lake Michigan (Western route) and Lake Michigan (Eastern route)).

The exact dimensions of the largest boat that can travel on the waterway are not known. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.

St. Clair River (northern entrance) Close to the city of Sarnia
Lexington	17.33 miles	0 locks
Caseville	74.60 miles	0 locks
Bay Port	82.20 miles	0 locks
Sebewaing	92 miles	0 locks
Bay City	111.55 miles	0 locks
Tawas City	165.92 miles	0 locks
Alpena	237.04 miles	0 locks
Rogers City	284.68 miles	0 locks
Cheboygan	331.45 miles	0 locks
Mackinac Bridge Boundary of Lake Huron and Lake Michigan	352.34 miles	0 locks

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Lake Huron is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. Hydrologically, it comprises the easterly portion of Lake Michigan–Huron, having the same surface elevation as its westerly counterpart, to which it is connected by the 5-mile-wide (8.0 km), 20-fathom-deep (120 ft; 37 m) Straits of Mackinac. It is shared on the north and east by the Canadian province of Ontario and on the south and west by the U.S. state of Michigan. The name of the lake is derived from early French explorers who named it for the Huron people inhabiting the region. The Huronian glaciation was named from evidence collected from Lake Huron region. The northern parts of the lake include the North Channel and Georgian Bay. Saginaw Bay is located in the southwest corner of the lake. The main inlet is the St. Marys River, and the main outlet is the St. Clair River.

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[Lake Michigan–Huron] Lake Michigan–Huron (also Huron–Michigan) is the name for the combined waters of Lake Michigan and Lake Huron, which are joined through the 5-mile-wide [1996 Lake Huron cyclone] The 1996 Lake Huron Cyclone, commonly referred to as Hurricane Huron, Cyclone Huron, or the Lake Huron Subtropical Cyclone of 1996, was an extremely rare [Lord Huron] inspired by Lake Huron, the lake which Schneider grew up visiting; he spent evenings at the lake playing music around the campfire. Lord Huron's first full-length [Great Lakes] four lakes, because lakes Michigan and Huron join at the Straits of Mackinac. The Great Lakes Waterway enables travel by water between the lakes. The [Lake Michigan] 404 sq mi (58,030 km2)), after Lake Superior and Lake Huron. To the east, its basin is conjoined with that of Lake Huron through the narrow Straits of [Port Huron, Michigan] The city lies at the southern end of Lake Huron and is the easternmost point on land in Michigan. Port Huron is home to two paper mills, Mueller Brass [Lake Superior] westerly of the Great Lakes chain, and the highest in elevation, draining into Lake Huron via St. Mary's River . The Ojibwe name for the lake is gichi-gami (pronounced [Lake Algonquin] of the former lake are now Lake Huron, Georgian Bay, Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Nipigon, and Lake Nipissing. The lake varied in size, but it was [Wyandot people] precontact Huron and their immediate antecedents developed in a distinct Huron homeland in southern Ontario along the north shore of Lake Ontario. Subsequently

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