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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 ...
These lakes extend from the eastern Northwest Territories, through most of northern Canada, and the upper Midwestern United States (Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan) to the Finger Lakes, through Lake Champlain and Lake George areas of New York, across the northern Appalachians into and through all of New England and Nova Scotia.
largest of the Finger Lakes: 24: Yellowstone Lake: Wyoming: 12,095,264 acre⋅ft (14.9 km 3) 390 ft (119 m) highest in elevation of large lakes 25: Lake Franklin D. Roosevelt: Washington: 9,402,000 acre⋅ft (11.6 km 3) 349 ft (106 m) man-made. Created in 1941 by the impoundment of the Columbia River by the Grand Coulee Dam: 26: Cayuga Lake ...
Learn about Finger Lakes notables. Author Richard L. Hermann will give a talk from 7 to 9 p.m. July 10 at Little Lakes Community Center, 4705 S. Main St., Hemlock. Hermann is the author of ...
Roseland Waterpark, known as the largest waterpark in the Finger Lakes Region, is open for its 23rd season. The 56-acre aquatic park in Canandaigua has nine unique attractions, sparkling water ...
The area of some lakes fluctuates substantially. For those lakes partially in Canada or Mexico the area given for the lake is the total area, not just the part of the lake in the United States. Of the top 100 lakes, 55 are man-made and 45 are natural. Two lakes in the top 100 are primarily salt water, and two are primarily brackish water.
5 places to visit in the Finger Lakes for great fall foliage photos Foliage starts to take on the bright colors of fall in the gorge at Letchworth State Park in Mount Morris on Oct. 3, 2013.
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]