Huron

Huron refers to the Wendat indigenous people of North America and to their Wendat language, part of the Iroquoian languages family. Located to the north of the Great Lakes, they were Native allies to the French during the French and Indian War in North America. The term may also refer to:

Bodies of water

Lake Huron, one of the North American Great Lakes
Huron River (Michigan) in southeast Michigan
Huron River (northern Michigan) or Big Huron River in the northern Upper Peninsula of Michigan
Little Huron River in the northern Upper Peninsula of Michigan
Huron River (Ohio) in north central Ohio
Huron Swamp in Springfield Township, Oakland County, Michigan
Huron Falls, one of 24 named waterfalls in Ricketts Glen State Park in Pennsylvania
Huron Lake, in the parish municipality of Lac-aux-Sables, Mékinac Regional County Municipality, Quebec

Places

Canada

Lac-Huron, Quebec, an unorganized territory in the Rimouski-Neigette Regional County Municipality
Huron-Kinloss, a township in Bruce County, Ontario
Huron East, Ontario, a municipality in Huron County, Ontario
Huron No. 223, Saskatchewan, a rural municipality of south-central Saskatchewan

United States

Huron, California, a small city in Fresno County, California
Huron, Indiana, a unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Indiana
Huron, Kansas, a city in Atchison County, Kansas
Huron, Ohio, a city in Erie County, Ohio
Huron, New York, a town in Wayne County, New York
Huron (hamlet), New York, a hamlet located in Wayne County, New York
Huron, South Dakota, a city in Beadle County, South Dakota
Huron, Tennessee
Huron, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
Hurontown, Michigan
Huron Mountain, Michigan
Port Huron, Michigan
Huron Township (disambiguation)

Electoral districts in Canada

Huron—Bruce (formerly known as Huron and Huron—Middlesex), a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario
Huron South, a historic federal electoral district in Ontario
Huron North, a historic federal electoral district in Ontario
Huron East, a historic federal electoral district in Ontario
Huron West, a historic federal electoral district in Ontario
Huron Centre, a federal electoral district in Ontario

Other geographical features

Huron Glacier, a glacial flow on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
The Huron Islands, the location of Huron National Wildlife Refuge in Michigan on Lake Superior
The Huron Mountains, a modest range of mountains in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan
Huron National Forest in Michigan
Huron Peak, a mountain in Colorado

Educational institutions

Huron University, a former institution in South Dakota
Huron University College, a confederated college of the University of Western Ontario
Huron University USA in London, an American institution in the United Kingdom, formerly affiliated with Huron University in South Dakota and since become independent
Huron High School (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
Huron High School (Ohio)

Military

USS Huron (1861), a gunboat acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War
USS Huron (1875), an iron sloop-rigged screw steam gunboat built by John Roach & Sons in Chester, Pennsylvania
United State lightship Huron (LV-103), a lightvessel launched in 1920 and now a museum ship moored in Pine Grove Park
USS Huron (CA-9), a US Navy armored cruiser
HMCS Huron (G24), a World War II Tribal class destroyer built by Vickers-Armstrongs on the River Tyne in England
HMCS Huron (DDG 281), Iroquois class destroyer active from 1972 to 2005
Beechcraft C-12 Huron, a series of twin-engine turboprop aircraft

Other uses

Lord Huron, American Indie folk band based in Los Angeles
Huron (UK band), an English heavy metal band active since 2007
Huron (Canadian band), a Canadian rock band active since 2008
Huron Carol, a traditional Canadian Christmas carol
Huron Consulting Group, an international management consulting company
Port Huron Statement, the manifesto of the American student activist movement Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
Huron Subdivision or Huron Sub, a railway line owned and operated by the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad
Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi, a band of Potawatomi American Indians, based in Calhoun County, Michigan), are also known as the Huron Potawatomi
Huron-Wendat Nation, a Huron-Wendat First Nation with a community in Wendake, Quebec
"Hurón", either Galictis vittata or Galictis cuja, two related ferret-like mammals from Central and South America
"Huron" AMD Sempron microprocessor