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Manitoulin District is a district in Northeastern Ontario within the Canadian province of Ontario. It was created in 1888 from part of Algoma District. The district seat is Gore Bay. It comprises Manitoulin Island primarily, as well as a number of smaller islands surrounding it, such as Barrie, Cockburn, and Great La Cloche islands. Previously it included the municipality of Killarney on the mainland, until this was transferred to Sudbury District in the late 1990s. Subsequently, more mainland portions were added to Killarney and these, together with Unorganized Mainland Manitoulin District, were also transferred to Sudbury District in 2006, about in all. ==Geography== The district has an area of ,〔 making it the smallest district in Ontario. It is located in the northern part of Lake Huron, separated from the mainland by the North Channel to the north and by the Georgian Bay to the east. Islands included within the district are: * Barrie Island * Bedford Island * Burnt Islands (Big and Northwest) * Clapperton Island * Club Island * Cockburn Island * Duck Islands (Great, Middle, Outer, and Western) * East Rous Island * Fitzwilliam Island * Goat Island * Great La Cloche Island * Greene Island * Henry Island * Heywood Island * Manitoulin Island * Rabbit Island * Strawberry Island * Thibault Island * Vidal Island * Wall Island * Yeo Island 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Manitoulin District」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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