Talk:Manitoulin Island

Biggest?

I'd like to bring to everyone's attention Île René-Levesseur, the great big island in the Manicouagan Reservoir. It, of course, is surrounded by freshwater in a man-made lake. If, as the article suggests, its diameter is 72 km, then its area must be about 4 000 km², whereas Manitoulin Island's area is 2 766 km². How shall we amend the Manitoulin Island article to fit into all that? Kelisi 00:10, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

The numbers I've seen indicate Rene-Levasseur's area is about 2000 sqkm, so Manitoulin is considerably larger. I've added the area to the island's article. --NormanEinstein 01:40, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

Regardless of Rene-Lavasseur's size, Bananal Island in Brazil is much larger - over 19 000 km². Since Bananal is an island within a river, this makes Manitoulin the world's largest freshwater island in a lake. Sonitus (talk) 04:06, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

Fresh Water needed?

The article mentions Manitourlin as the largest island in a freshwater lake in the world. Is there some island in saltwater lake that requires specifying only freshwater lakes? The only island in a saltwater lake I know of even close to the same size was the one inside the Aral, but it is no longer an island. And even that was considerably smaller prior to the Aral drying up. Aapold (talk) 23:43, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Picture

Requesting picture with island highlighted in middle of lake huron, showing it's position relative to the great lakes. that combination of lakes is a familiar image, so it would be great if simple black outline on white background with highlight map could be made, much like many other geographical maps in here are like.Nastajus 01:57, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

 Done Added Image:Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron.png. --Qyd (talk) 17:15, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Verifiability of Sources

Looked at Stats Canada source to find 38.9% aboriginal ratio. Could not find either a) that percentage, b) the number it works out to (13,090*38.9% = 5092.01), or the words "aboriginal", "first-nation" or "native" and variations thereof. Please explain how you worked that out?

Also suggest changing "white" to "caucasian" for political correctness

The highest peak of this island?

Its highest peak is (Mount) XX, at yyy m (t,fff feet). Can somebody add this information? --Schwab7000 (talk) 10:28, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

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In Popular Culture

Is Manatoulin's Island's mention in the Arrogant Worms' "Mounted Animal Nature Trail" from Live Bait significant enough for a mention? --User:wmcduff — Preceding undated comment added 17:39, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

References

"an island in Lake Huron in Laurentia"

This is a strange way to begin this article. I had never heard of Laurentia, and I have a degree in biology. As I type this, my browser's spellchecker does not recognize Laurentia. I removed the reference and it was reverted, the edit summary saying that the mention adds context. I'd argue that it adds more confusion than context, being the first contextual clue provided, without even noting what Laurentia is, a bioregion. Do any other Wikipedia articles start by identifying a location by bioregion? Is there a Wikipedia guideline I am unaware of?

I propose that the first sentence read, "Manitoulin Island /ˌmænɪˈtuːlɪn/ is an island in Lake Huron, located within the borders of the Canadian province of Ontario, in the bioregion known as Laurentia. Any objections? Please state why Laurentia should precede the better-known political location and identify an appropriate Wikipedia guideline. -Jordgette [talk] 15:11, 22 July 2021 (UTC)