GEORGIAN BAY, the north-east section of Lake Huron, separated from it by Manitoulin island and the Saugeen, or Bruce, peninsula. It is about zoo m. long and 5o m. wide. It receives numerous rivers draining a large extent of country; of these the chief are the French river draining Lake Nipissing, the Maganata wan, the Muskoka draining the Muskoka chain of lakes, the Severn draining Lake Simcoe and the Nottawasaga. The Trent valley canal connects Georgian bay with the Bay of Quinte and Lake Ontario, and a canal system has been projected to Montreal by way of the French and Ottawa rivers and Lake Nipissing.