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The Welland Canal is a ship canal in Ontario, Canada, and part of the St. Lawrence Seaway and Great Lakes Waterway. The canal traverses the Niagara Peninsula between Port Weller on Lake Ontario, and Port Colborne on Lake Erie, and was erected because the Niagara River —the only natural waterway connecting the lakes—was unnavigable due to ...
Lake Ontario is the easternmost of the Great Lakes and the smallest in surface area (7,340 sq mi, 19,000 km 2 ), [ 5] although it exceeds Lake Erie in volume (393 cu mi, 1,640 km 3 ). It is the 13th largest lake in the world. When its islands are included, the lake's shoreline is 712 miles (1,146 km) long. As the last lake in the Great Lakes ...
American Falls with Goat Island to its right. The Niagara River ( / naɪˈæɡərə, - ɡrə / ny-AGG-ər-ə, -grə) flows north from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario, forming part of the border between Ontario, Canada, to the west, and New York, United States, to the east. The origin of the river's name is debated.
The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources classifies Long Point as a Macrosite, an area that contains numerous ecological or geological significant zones, [6] such as Areas of Natural and Scientific Interest. Inner Long Point Bay covers approximately 78 km 2 (30 sq mi) between the spit and Lake Erie's north shore. The Inner Bay is a diverse ...
Lake Erie (42.2° N, 81.2W) has a mean elevation of 571 feet (174 m) [ 8] above sea level. It has a surface area of 9,990 square miles (25,874 km 2) [ 7] with a length of 241 statute miles (388 km; 209 nmi) [ 7] and breadth of 57 statute miles (92 km; 50 nmi) [ 7] at its widest points. It is the shallowest of the Great Lakes with an average ...
Ontario Parks. Long Point Provincial Park is a provincial park on the northwest shore of Lake Erie near Port Rowan, Ontario, Canada. The park is part of a sandy spit of land called Long Point that juts out into the lake. It covers part of the area of Long Point Biosphere Reserve, which was designated a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve because of its ...
5 journeys from Erie for good leaf peeping: Holden Arboretum, troll doll museum, Heinz History Center, Oil Creek & Titusville train and Panama Rocks.
368 [ 2] Point Pelee National Park ( / ˈpiːliː /; French: Parc national de la Pointe-Pelée) is a national park in Essex County in southwestern Ontario, Canada where it extends into Lake Erie. The word pelée is French for 'bald'. Point Pelee consists of a peninsula of land, mainly of marsh and woodland habitats, that tapers to a sharp point ...