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Outstanding Ontario  By Olivia Jenkins and Gabrielle Spracklin Climate Ontario has all four seasons People that live there get about 20 inches of rain per year  Droughts are very rare   Beleive it or not, they get 120 inches of snow   Northern Ontario gets a lot colder in winter than southern Ontario

Economy

Ontario is the main money place in Canada  They mine silver, gold, copper, and nickel   The Hemlo Mines produce 1 million troy ounces of gold anually   6 billion dollars is brought in by tourists   Why so popular? Niagra falls and the CN tower  The CN tower is located in Toronto   CN stands for Canadian International

Fun Facts

Polar bears live on the shores of Hudson Bay  In 1855, Ottawa was the first to have all of its streets lit by electricity in the world   Ontario means "shining waters" or "beautiful lake" in Iroquian   It became a province in 1867 Major Cities Toronto: Toronto is Ontario's capitol It is the cheif manufacturing, financial, and communications center of canada Toronto also employ's approximentaly a fifth of Canada's manufacturing workers Toronto has important libraries and museums and is a leading cultural center

Ottawa: Ottawa is the nations capitol Ottawa lies on gently rolling hills along the south bank of ottawa river Attractive parks, statley government buildings, and senic drives add beauty to the city British Troops founded Ottawa in 1826

Thunder Bay: population is about 122,900 for area Thunder Bay is a city on the northwest shore of Lake Superior Thunder Bay's harbor makes a great shipping center Formed in 1970 by Merger of the cities in fort William, Port Arthur and towniships of McIntyre and Neebing Major Landforms Canadian Shield: Huge rocky region the curves around Hudson Bay Includes most of Buffin Island, Labadoor, nine- tenths Quebec, over half of Ontario and Manitoba, and large areas Shield also drips into United States from Adirok Mountians of New York and Supperior Uplands of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnisoda

Manitoulin Island: part of Ontario It lies northwest of Georgian Bay In lake Henson Major Bodies of Water Lake Ontario: Lies between provience of Ontario and New York 193 miles long and 53 miles wide Covers an area of 7,300 square miles Lake Superior: Called Lake Superior because it's the largest of the great lakes one inch of surface water is equal to 553 billion gallons Lake Superior:

Called Lake Superior becasue it's the largest of the great lakes one inch of surface water is equal to 553 billion gallons Lake Superior is the Coldest, deepest, and highest in the elevation of the great lakes Niagra Falls: about 58 km in length second largest falls in the world the Word "Niagra" was derived from the Iroquois Indian word "Onguiaqhra" meaning the "Strait"

Sources: World Book Online