Even its name is lake-derived from the eponymous Lake Ontario, an adaptation of a word meaning “sparkling water” from the Haudenosaunee Indigenous Peoples. Nearly one-fifth of the world’s ...

Lake Ontario can occasionally have different water conditions compared to the western Great Lakes. In this case Lake Ontario is not the odd lake out with respect to water temperatures. Lake ...

The big city and its neighboring communities hug the western end of Lake Ontario and are only a six-hour drive from Columbus. Nature: Spotting an eastern screech owl is rare We weren’t there to ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Water levels on Lake Ontario are starting to change with the spring season now underway. It’s a natural cycle — but one that experts continue to monitor closely.

Humans have always had a close connection with Lake Ontario. For centuries, this Great Lake has been a backbone of the region’s economy — relied upon for trade, food and industry. But a ...

Lake Superior boasts all the superlatives: Of the five Great Lakes, it is the largest, deepest and the coldest. Its depth is a little less than the height of Chicago's Willis Tower, by about a ...

IGNACE, ONTARIO – In early summer in northwestern ... And my friend Dave Zeug of Shell Lake wasn't going to waste any of it. Zeug and I were among a group of 10 mostly Wisconsin residents ...

Unless you’re someone with a deep (pun intended) fascination with the world’s bodies of water, it might be a challenge to fathom just how far down they can go. Michigan is surrounded by the ...

Waves of heavy snow are expected to wash off of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario and bury the metro areas in Buffalo and Watertown — and as forecasters project upward of four feet of snow, Buffalo is ...

Lake Ontario posted a high reading of 54.3 degrees, and Lake Huron's high was 63.5 degrees in Saginaw Bay. Lake Erie, the shallowest of the lakes, was the warmest at 64.6 degrees near Monroe.

A new study by University of Toronto researchers and the provincial environment ministry reveals that more than a hundred microplastic particles can be routinely found in freshwater fish taken ...