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Lake Erie has a lake retention time of 2.6 years, [24] the shortest of all the Great Lakes. [25] The lake's surface area is 9,910 square miles (25,667 km 2). [7] [26] Lake Erie's water level fluctuates with the seasons as in the other Great Lakes. Generally, the lowest levels are in January and February and the highest in June or July, although ...
An Ontario Historical Plaque was erected by the province to commemorate the development of Pelee Island's role in Ontario's heritage. [2] Nearby Middle Island is the southernmost point of land in Canada. Due to its southerly location and the moderating effect of Lake Erie, it has a slightly milder climate than inland areas. [3]
Point Pelee is a peninsula of Lake Erie in southwestern Ontario (near Windsor and Detroit, Michigan) that is the southernmost extent of Canada's mainland. Pelee Island and Middle Island in Lake Erie extend slightly farther. All are south of 42°N – slightly farther south than the northern border of California.
Middle Island, also part of Point Pelee National Park, was acquired in 2000 and is just north of the Canada–United States border in Lake Erie. [3] Point Pelee is the southernmost point of mainland Canada, [3] and is located on a foundation of glacial sand, silt and gravel that bites into Lake Erie. This spit of land is slightly more than ...
The island is part of an archipelago across western Lake Erie, providing a natural migratory corridor for birds and other animals. It has also seen human migrations, mainly from the U.S. northward in the 19th century, including escaped slaves, prisoners of war and army deserters from the U.S. Civil War seeking asylum in mainland Ontario.
Early Lake Erie was a prehistoric proglacial lake that existed at the end of the last ice age approximately 13,000 years ago. The early Erie fed waters to Glacial Lake Iroquois . The ancient lake was similar in size to the current lake during glacial retreat, but for some period the eastern half of the lake was covered with ice.
In the early 21st century, Lake Superior's shores are 91% forested, Lake Huron 68%, Lake Ontario 49%, Lake Michigan 41%, and Lake Erie, where logging and urbanization has been most extensive, 21%. Some of these forests are second or third growth (i.e. they have been logged before, changing their composition).
Crystal Beach is a lakefront community in Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada. As of 2016, it had a population of 8,524. [ 2 ] It was named for the "crystal clear" water conditions present when it was founded on the northeast shore of Lake Erie , across from Buffalo .