Lake St Clair

Lake St Clair is a broad, shallow lake between Huron and Erie. The St Clair River enters through a delta of channels and marshes, while the Detroit River carries the water south to Lake Erie. Long used by Indigenous peoples, this passage joins the upper and lower Great Lakes. In August 1679 the French vessel Griffon crossed the lake with La Salle and Louis Hennepin aboard; the party gave it the name Sainte Claire in honour of the saint whose feast fell at that time.