Ganatchio

Ganatchio is an Indigenous name recorded for Lake St Clair, the shallow water between Lake Huron and Lake Erie. At its northern end the St Clair River divides into channels around a broad delta before entering the lake; the Detroit River carries the water onward to Erie. The delta is known to Anishinaabe peoples as Bkejwanong, “where the waters divide”. Its islands and marshes formed a meeting place in a network of routes linking communities around the Great Lakes.