LAKE
ONTARIO
Did you know?
- The is the easternmost and smallest of the
Great Lakes. It is from here that ships will pass through the
Saint Lawrence River and out into the Atlantic Ocean.
- Ontario ranks smallest in elevation (feet
above sea level), length, and size of all the Great Lakes. While
small in all of these, it has some points as deep as 802
feet.
- Lake Ontario lies below Lake Erie and it is
here that the great Niagara Falls flow. Until locks were built ,
boats could not pass into the other lakes.
- Toronto, one of Canada's largest cities lies
on Lake Ontario.
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