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St. Joseph Channel
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St. Joseph Channel is located in Ontario
St. Joseph Channel
Location in Ontario
Country Canada, United States
State Michigan, Ontario
District Algoma District, Chippewa County
Physical characteristics
Main source Lake George
46°20′21″N 84°06′31″W / 46.33917°N 84.10861°W / 46.33917; -84.10861
2nd source Middle Neebish Channel
46°19′16″N 84°08′33″W / 46.32111°N 84.14250°W / 46.32111; -84.14250
River mouth North Channel
46°15′22″N 83°45′56″W / 46.25611°N 83.76556°W / 46.25611; -83.76556
Basin features
River system Great Lakes Basin

The St. Joseph Channel is a strait in Algoma District, Northwestern Ontario, Canada and Chippewa County, Michigan, United States. It is in the Great Lakes Basin and connects the St. Marys River flowing through the Middle Neebish Channel between Neebish Island and Sugar Island at the northwest and Lake George/ East Neebish Channel between Sugar Island and the Ontario mainland at the north, with the North Channel between St. Joseph Island and the Ontario mainland at the east, and with the Munuscong Channel between Neebish Island and St. Joseph Island at the southwest. All of these waterbody elements are part of Lake Huron.

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