Lake Ontario
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Smallest and lowest in elevation of the Great Lakes.
Example Sentences
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In 1860 a flock 1 mile wide and 300 miles long passed over Fort Mississauga on Lake Ontario.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
Rochester is a small city of 207,000 on Lake Ontario in northern New York, surrounded by rural areas.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 15, 2025
Lakeshore Boulevard, which runs along Lake Ontario, was also flooded and closed, police said, and Toronto Fire services said it rescued 14 people from flooding on the highway.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2024
Further south, Lake Ontario is generally eliminating the compounds and levels in Lake Erie remain at a steady state.
From Science Daily • May 16, 2024
But I showed Rocco around the city where I had grown up, and we went to the beach at Lake Ontario.
From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana
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