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The Finger Lakes are a group of eleven long, narrow, roughly north–south lakes located directly south of Lake Ontario in an area called the Finger Lakes region in New York, in the United States. This region straddles the northern and transitional edge of the Northern Allegheny Plateau , known as the Finger Lakes Uplands and Gorges ecoregion ...
Hemlock Lake is one of the minor Finger Lakes. It is mostly located in Livingston County, New York, south of Rochester, with a portion overlapping into Ontario County. Hemlock is a translation of the Seneca name for the lake, O-neh-da Te-car-ne-o-di. [2] [3] It is one of two Finger Lakes whose shorelines are virtually undeveloped. [4]
As with the other Finger Lakes, Honeoye Lake was created by the advance and subsequent melting of continental glaciation. The lake's surface is 804 feet (245 m) above sea level. The lake is long and narrow with a roughly north-south orientation, and a surface area of 1,772 acres (7.17 km 2 ).
The Town of Seneca Falls, also known as "the birthplace of women's rights," is located in the Finger Lakes region at the northeast tip of Cayuga Lake, with Seneca Lake to its west.
Over the past 50 years, the Finger Lakes wine region in upstate New York has been most recognized for its quality production of international varieties. As of this year, the leading white grape is ...
In today's puzzle, there are seven theme words to find (including the spangram). Hint: The first one can be found in the top-half of the board. Here are the first two letters for each word: DR. IN ...
New York's Finger Lakes.Lying south of Lake Ontario, the Finger Lakes formed in tunnel valleys. A tunnel valley is a U-shaped valley originally cut under the glacial ice near the margin of continental ice sheets such as that now covering Antarctica and formerly covering portions of all continents during past glacial ages. [1]
The name Skaneateles means long lake in one of the local Iroquoian languages. The lake is sometimes referred to as "The Roof Garden of the Lakes" because its altitude (863.27 ft or 263.12 m) is higher than the other Finger Lakes. [2] It is one of the cleanest lakes in the United States.