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Lake Ontario topographic map

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Lake Ontario

Lake Ontario is the easternmost of the Great Lakes and the smallest in surface area (7,340 sq mi, 18,960 km2), although it exceeds Lake Erie in volume (393 cu mi, 1,639 km3). It is the 13th largest lake in the world. When its islands are included, the lake's shoreline is 712 miles (1,146 km) long. As the last lake in the Great Lakes' hydrologic chain, Lake Ontario has the lowest mean surface elevation of the lakes at 243 feet (74 m) above sea level; 326 feet (99 m) lower than its neighbor upstream. Its maximum length is 193 statute miles (311 kilometres; 168 nautical miles) and its maximum width is 53 statute miles (85 km; 46 nmi). The lake's average depth is 47 fathoms 1 foot (283 ft; 86 m), with a maximum depth of 133 fathoms 4 feet (802 ft; 244 m). The lake's primary source is the Niagara River, draining Lake Erie, with the St. Lawrence River serving as the outlet. The drainage basin covers 24,720 square miles (64,030 km2). As with all the Great Lakes, water levels change both within the year (owing to seasonal changes in water input) and among years (owing to longer term trends in precipitation). These water level fluctuations are an integral part of lake ecology, and produce and maintain extensive wetlands. The lake also has an important freshwater fishery, although it has been negatively affected by factors including over-fishing, water pollution and invasive species.

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About this map

Name: Lake Ontario topographic map, elevation, terrain.

Location: Lake Ontario, Ontario, Canada (43.15936 -79.92529 44.29337 -76.04535)

Average elevation: 214 m

Minimum elevation: 70 m

Maximum elevation: 699 m

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Hamilton

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Canada > Ontario > Quinte West

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Fairy Lake

Canada > Ontario > Halton Region > Acton

Average elevation: 356 m

Peterborough

Canada > Ontario > Peterborough

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Parry Sound

Canada > Ontario

Average elevation: 235 m

Cambridge

Canada > Ontario > Cambridge

Average elevation: 295 m

Kingston

Canada > Ontario > Kingston

Average elevation: 94 m

Sioux Lookout

Canada > Ontario > Kenora District

Average elevation: 363 m

Woodstock

Canada > Ontario > Woodstock

Average elevation: 306 m

Strathroy

Canada > Ontario > Middlesex County > Strathroy-Caradoc

Average elevation: 235 m

Parliament Hill

Canada > Ontario > Ottawa

Average elevation: 64 m

Goodwood

Canada > Ontario > Durham Region > Uxbridge

Average elevation: 338 m

Haliburton

Canada > Ontario

Average elevation: 358 m

Kenora

Canada > Ontario

Average elevation: 182 m

Prince Edward

Canada > Ontario

Average elevation: 118 m

Perth

Canada > Ontario

Average elevation: 313 m

Lambton

Canada > Ontario

Average elevation: 188 m

Coe Hill

Canada > Ontario > Hastings County > Wollaston

Average elevation: 327 m

King City

Canada > Ontario > York Region > King

Average elevation: 302 m

Essex

Canada > Ontario

Average elevation: 193 m

Lac Seul

Canada > Ontario

Average elevation: 365 m

Stoney Creek

Canada > Ontario > Hamilton > Stoney Creek

Average elevation: 135 m

Harlem Shoal

Canada > Ontario

Average elevation: 175 m

St. Johns

Canada > Ontario

Average elevation: 205 m

Ottawa

Canada > Ontario > Ottawa > Ottawa

Average elevation: 99 m

Quetico Provincial Park

Canada > Ontario

Average elevation: 432 m

Niagara Escarpment

Canada > Ontario > Hamilton

Average elevation: 162 m

Ohsweken

Canada > Ontario

Average elevation: 208 m

Sagamok

Canada > Ontario

Average elevation: 210 m

Pinehurst Lake

Canada > Ontario

Average elevation: 295 m

Docker Lake

Canada > Ontario

Average elevation: 377 m

Iron Bridge

Canada > Ontario > Algoma District

Average elevation: 200 m

Oneida Nation of the Thames

Canada > Ontario

Average elevation: 224 m

Bigwin Island

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Average elevation: 328 m

Upper Pergeon Lake

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Average elevation: 215 m

Niagara Escarpment

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Average elevation: 299 m

York River

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Average elevation: 397 m

Kawartha Lakes (city)

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Average elevation: 274 m

Pelee Island

Canada > Ontario

Average elevation: 173 m

Bruce Peninsula

Canada > Ontario > Bruce County

Average elevation: 186 m

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Average elevation: 160 m

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Lambton

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Average elevation: 191 m

Algoma District

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Average elevation: 360 m

London (city)

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Average elevation: 239 m

Brantford

Canada > Ontario > Brantford

Average elevation: 238 m

Windsor

Canada > Ontario > Windsor

Average elevation: 185 m

Calabogie

Canada > Ontario > Renfrew County > Greater Madawaska

Average elevation: 163 m

Bowmanville

Canada > Ontario > Bowmanville

Average elevation: 108 m

Port Stanley

Canada > Ontario > Elgin County > Central Elgin

Average elevation: 192 m

Barry's Bay

Canada > Ontario > Renfrew County > Madawaska Valley

Average elevation: 327 m

Constance Bay

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Average elevation: 65 m

Wheatley

Canada > Ontario > Chatham-Kent

Average elevation: 181 m

Vittoria

Canada > Ontario > Norfolk County

Average elevation: 221 m

Flesherton

Canada > Ontario > Grey County > Grey Highlands

Average elevation: 448 m

North Oshawa Park

Canada > Ontario > Durham Region > Oshawa

Average elevation: 140 m

Wingham

Canada > Ontario > Huron County > North Huron

Average elevation: 318 m

Picton

Canada > Ontario > Prince Edward County

Average elevation: 112 m

Bolton

Canada > Ontario > Peel Region

Average elevation: 250 m

Griffith

Canada > Ontario > Renfrew County > Greater Madawaska

Average elevation: 292 m

Wolseley Bay

Canada > Ontario > French River

Average elevation: 198 m

Niagara Escarpment

Canada > Ontario > Bruce County

Average elevation: 195 m

Pike Lake

Canada > Ontario > Renfrew County > Greater Madawaska

Average elevation: 211 m

Milton

Canada > Ontario > Halton Region > Milton

Average elevation: 217 m

Stoney Lake

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Average elevation: 333 m

Trout Lake

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Average elevation: 220 m

Jerseyville

Canada > Ontario > Hamilton

Average elevation: 223 m

Harley

Canada > Ontario > Brant County

Average elevation: 261 m

Boulter

Canada > Ontario > Hastings County > Carlow/Mayo

Average elevation: 352 m

Janetville

Canada > Ontario > Kawartha Lakes

Average elevation: 276 m

Belleville

Canada > Ontario > Belleville

Average elevation: 107 m

Brockville

Canada > Ontario > Brockville

Average elevation: 103 m

Cornwall

Canada > Ontario > Cornwall

Average elevation: 67 m

Orillia

Canada > Ontario > Orillia

Average elevation: 236 m

Quinte West

Canada > Ontario > Quinte West

Average elevation: 110 m

Stratford

Canada > Ontario > Stratford

Average elevation: 356 m

French River

Canada > Ontario > Sudbury District

Average elevation: 208 m

Chalk River

Canada > Ontario > Laurentian Hills

Average elevation: 201 m

Miller Lake

Canada > Ontario > Bruce County

Average elevation: 200 m

Amherst Island

Canada > Ontario > Loyalist

Average elevation: 77 m

Lindsay

Canada > Ontario > Kawartha Lakes

Average elevation: 268 m

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