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The primary inflows are the Kabinakagami River at Little Kaby Bay at the southwest, and the Oba River at the east of the lake. There are a number of secondary inflows. Left tributaries, clockwise from the Kabinakagami River inflow to the Kabinakagami River outflow, are Bear Creek at the southwest near Picard's Point; Stoney Creek at the top of Boot Bay at the west; and Fairy Creek at the west.
In a map drawn in the Relation des Jésuites (1662–1663), the lake bears the legend "Lac Ontario ou des Iroquois" with the name "Ondiara" in smaller type. A French map produced in 1712 (currently in the Canadian Museum of History [ 36 ] ), created by military engineer Jean-Baptiste de Couagne , identified Lake Ontario as "Lac Frontenac" named ...
Ontario relief map Lake Superior at Neys Provincial Park Ontario Lake Huron Frozen Lake Erie Looking east across Lake Ontario to Toronto Scarborough bluffs Lake Ontario Lake Nipigon Rainy Lake from Tango Channel. This is a list of lakes of Ontario with an area larger than 400 km 2 (150 sq mi). [2] [3] [4]
The Rochester Basin, at 802 feet (244 m), is the deepest part of Lake Ontario. [1] The lake bottom of the Rochester Basin is strongly marked by glaciation, with parallel gouges and underwater drumlins. [2] [3]
The Bay of Quinte (/ ˈ k w ɪ n t i /) is a long, narrow bay shaped like the letter "Z" on the northern shore of Lake Ontario in the province of Ontario, Canada. It is just west of the head of the Saint Lawrence River that drains the Great Lakes into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence .
The bay, roughly 0.5 miles (0.80 km) wide and 4 miles (6.4 km) in length, is fed by Irondequoit Creek to the south and flows into Lake Ontario at its northern end. On average, the surface of Irondequoit Bay rests at 245 feet (75 m) above sea level and is 80 feet (24 m) deep at its deepest point a short distance north of the Irondequoit Bay ...
Shadow Lake has an area of 356.8 hectares (882 acres) [2] and lies at an elevation of 259 metres (850 ft). [5] The maximum depth of the lake is 22 metres (72 ft). [3]The primary inflow is the Gull River, at the northwest and arriving from the community of Norland, which accounts for 98% of the 786-million-cubic-metre (27.8 × 10 ^ 9 cu ft) inflow into the lake.
The Cataraqui River (/ ˌ k æ t ə ˈ r ɒ k w eɪ / KAT-ə-ROK-way) forms the lower portion of the Rideau Canal and drains into Lake Ontario at Kingston, Ontario. The name is taken from the original name for Kingston, Ontario; its exact meaning, however, is undetermined. Early maps showed several name variations including the Great Cataraqui ...