Fun facts about Lake Ontario
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Lake Ontario is the smallest of the Great Lakes by surface area but exceeds Lake Erie in volume.
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Lake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is bounded on the north, west, and southwest by the Canadian province of Ontario, and on the south and east by the U.S. state of New York. The Canada–United States border spans the centre of the lake.
From the “Geography” section
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The lake's maximum depth is 802 feet in the Rochester Basin.
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Lake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is bounded on the north, west, and southwest by the Canadian province of Ontario, and on the south and east by the U.S. state of New York. The Canada–United States border spans the centre of the lake.
From the “Geography” section
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Lake Ontario has a natural seiche rhythm of eleven minutes.
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Lake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is bounded on the north, west, and southwest by the Canadian province of Ontario, and on the south and east by the U.S. state of New York. The Canada–United States border spans the centre of the lake.
From the “Climate” section
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The name Ontario is derived from the Huron word Ontarí'io, meaning 'great lake'.
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Lake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is bounded on the north, west, and southwest by the Canadian province of Ontario, and on the south and east by the U.S. state of New York. The Canada–United States border spans the centre of the lake.
From the “Human history” section
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The Frontenac was the first steamer on Lake Ontario, launched in September 1816.
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Lake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is bounded on the north, west, and southwest by the Canadian province of Ontario, and on the south and east by the U.S. state of New York. The Canada–United States border spans the centre of the lake.
From the “Human history” section
Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: NASA · Public Domain