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Lake Ontario
is the easternmost as well as the smallest of the fie
Great Lakes.
More than 190 miles (306 kilometers) long and 53 miles (85 kilometers) wide, the lake covers an area of 7,540 square miles (19,529 square kilometers).
New York State borders it to the south and Ontario, Canada, to the north. The
U.S.-Canadian
border cuts across the lake, more than half of which is Canadian territory.
Rochester and
Oswego
are the two largest New York cities on the lake. Three major cities on the Canadian side are
Toronto, Hamilton, and
St. Catherines.
Lake Ontario
is fed mainly by
Lake Erie by means of the Niagara river. Three other New York rivers the
Genesee,
the
Oswego, and the
Blac
also flow into Lake Ontario. In the northeast, Lake Ontario flows into the
St. Lawrence river. Ocean vessels use the St. Lawrence Seaway to reach
Lake Ontario; the same vessels use the
Welland Canal
to bypass
Niagara Falls and enter
Lake Erie.
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During the winter,
Lake Ontario
freezes near the shore, and many ports on the lake are icebound from December to April. In 1972, the United States and Canada signed a pact to work together to end the pollution of the lake and improe its water quality.
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