Lake Ontario
The smallest of the Great Lakes

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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.

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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