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Sailing on Lake OntarioThe Great Lakes offer some of the best fresh water sailing conditions in the world. Lake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes of North America and is the 14th largest lake in the world. Lake Ontario is the smallest and easternmost of the Great Lakes however very deep. This depth causes large oceanlike rollers to build up rolling accross the lake. Lake Ontario Specifics
The drainage basin covers parts of Ontario and New York, and a small portion of Pennsylvania. Lake Ontario forms part of the international boundary between Canada and the United States; the whole northern shore belongs to the Canadian Province of Ontario and its southern shore is in the State of New York. Water flows into the lake from L. Erie through the Niagara River with the famous Niagara Falls, and flows out at the northeast end into the St. Lawrence River. There are no large islands in the lake, apart from the far east corner at the entrance to the St. Lawrence River. Lake Ontario's name is derived from ontarí:io, a Huron word meaning "great lake". The Canadian province of Ontario was later named after the lake. Toronto Weather Links |
