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- Length: 193 milesGreat Lakes: Lake Ontario
- Width: 53 milesGreat Lakes: Lake Ontario
- Average depth: 283 feetGreat Lakes: Lake Ontario
- Deepest point: Over 800 feet
- Shoreline: 712 miles
- Covers over 7500 square miles
- 14th largest lake in the world
- Rarely freezes in the winter
- Major fruit growing and wine making area
- Canada's largest city, Toronto lies on the lake's southwestern shore
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Lake Ontario is the smallest and most easterly of the five Great Lakes, bounded by Ontario and New York. The Canadian side is densely populated with over nine million people or a quarter of the Canadian population living within its watershed. With the exception of Rochester, New York, the United States shores are mostly rural. Roughly 80% of Lake Ontario's water comes from the Niagara River via Lake Erie and 93% flows out through the St. Lawrence River.
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Environmental Concerns
Due to heavy pollution caused by untreated industrial, chemical and untreated sewage runoff, Lake Ontario has been found to contain over 360 identified and many more unidentified chemicals. During the 1960s and 1970s, much of the fish population began to die because of frequent and severe algal blooms. Cleanup efforts, including stricter environmental regulations and improved treatments plants have attempted to restore Lake Ontario with promising initial results. -
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Lake Ontario Questions
How does Lake Tana connect to the Nile? 1 Answer"Lake Tana is Ethiopia's largest lake and the source of the Blue Nile, which spills majestically over the Tis Issat Falls into the 600 kilometre-long Blue Nile ... read more
What canal connects Lake Ontario and Lake Erie ? 1 AnswerWelland Canal. 27.0 miles from Port Colborne, Ontario (Erie) to Port Weller, Ontario (Lake Ontario). read more
what is the name of the lake in die Revanche? 1 AnswerI'm sorry. I looked all over the internet for where in Austria "Die Revanche" was filmed but I wasn't able to find it. Most of the articles I found were not in ... read more
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Toronto tops Lake Erie Monsters in shootout, 3-2: By Plain Dealer staff and wire reports TORONTO, Ontario -- La.. http://bit.ly/88f3Yr
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@mitchwinehouse Rochester. About an hour and a half drive from Niagara Falls and directly across Lake Ontario from Toronto, Canada.
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@BadAstronomer I noticed that the other day as it rose over Lake Ontario....I felt oddly comforted
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@arizonaheart Lake Ontario New Years day.... serious polar bear... yes you can wear your smile
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Spent afternoon walking around Lake Ontario pier & park - a really pretty place - good fun (even if the wind off the lake felt like ice)
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