The storm Catastrophe progressed Cause_to_make_progress inland after moving Motion through the Chesapeake Bay region , and was later absorbed by a cold front over Lake Huron on August 15 .

Later , the system became Becoming extratropical and passed Motion over Lake Huron , killing Killing three people in Toronto .

Before the war Military_operation , Fort Mackinac had been an important American trading post in the straits between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron .

The American force advertised its presence Presence by attempting Hold to attack Attack British outposts elsewhere on Lake Huron and Georgian Bay , so when they eventually landed Self_motion on Mackinac Island , the garrison was prepared GetReady to meet Come_together them .

The storm was most powerful on November 9 , battering and overturning ships on four of the five Great Lakes , particularly Lake Huron .