Talk:Geography of Ontario

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Lake Michigan[edit]

lake michagan ought not show on ANY map of OntarioSBONtario (talk) 17:09, 18 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Help[edit]

It'll be nice if I weren't doing this alone. Sum1else 15:17, 24 September 2006 (UTC)P.S Thanks Qyd :)[reply]

Heh.. I just stumbled upon the page and added to my watchlist. I like working on geography pages and, being from Buffalo originally, feel a fondness and at least some first-hand familiarity with Ontario. I'll try to add stuff when I get the time! An interesting bit of geography info for Ontario might be the rivers and lakes and old portages used in fur trade days. I've read about the routes a lot, but when looking at maps always have trouble figuring how just what connects to what, river/lake-wise. Would be fun to look into. Pfly 17:28, 30 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Boundaries[edit]

Technically, Ontario shares a small land border with Nunavut, as Nunavut controls Hudson Bay and a few peninsulas. Can be seen here https://www.google.ca/maps/@53.0645394,-82.2560075,14z — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.245.198.254 (talk) 15:37, 13 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Style issues, 2nd paragraph: Why mention that Lake Huron includes Georgian Bay? None of the other lakes have bays mentioned, and this factlet has nothing to do with the US border. And use of the word 'corruption' seems judgmental - 'adaptation' or Anglicization' would seem more appropriate.Doc.Ian (talk) 21:04, 27 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Freshwater in Ontario[edit]

Regarding the statement:

Ontario is known for the large number of lakes and rivers it contains. About one-third of the world's fresh water can be found in Ontario...

I find it unlikely that this is true, irrespective of the cited source (which is really just a government web page with no hard data to back up the assertion). Even in Canada, the Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan and Manitoba have large freshwater lakes that may surpass Ontario, both in surface area and volume, and BC has plenty of freshwater rivers. If anyone has stats for this, it would certainly help. Mind matrix 13:43, 23 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's probably promotional half-truth - if one third of the world's freshwater is in the great lakes, and Ontario is on the great lakes, then Ontario must have one third of the world's fresh water, no? The great lakes themselves only have a fifth, and while Ontario has dozens of large rivers, I doubt they can make up for the rest. Vidioman 20:42, 2 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

More[edit]

Can we get more information about this subject like mineralogy, volcanology or some other kind of geology? Interestingly, Ontario is home to North America's largest igneous intrusion called the Coldwell Complex. Black Tusk (talk) 06:17, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Broken Link[edit]

I fixed a broken link for source #5 with the proper link on the same site. Barney9651 (talk) 16:48, 11 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong Longitude[edit]

This is wrong: "Canadian province of Manitoba to the west for approximately 1,025 km (635 miles) along longitude 95º 50’ W to latitude 53º N then a line to Hudson Bay". The border is close to 95º 09’ but 95º 50’ is about 50 km into Manitoba. I couldn't find any documentation on the correct longitude. MBHighwayHelper (talk) 16:56, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

akimiski island[edit]

the relief map of Ontario shows Akimiski Island (in James Bay) as part of the province, but it is in fact part of Nunavut DanTrent (talk) 23:53, 8 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Köppen climate types[edit]

In the section Geography of Ontario#Climate, the map shows the area north of Lake Superior, along the Manitoba border and almost to James Bay as having the same Dfb climate as Southern Ontario while the the text more accurately states that the Dfa zone does extend along Lake Ontario (Toronto).
The map gives the readers the incorrect impression that areas around Thunder Bay and Kenora have the same climate (i.e. winters) as Toronto and Hamilton. Slight Smile 16:09, 24 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I suspect the map was drawn to show Toronto as being Dfb is because it only qualifies for Dfa if the climate station right in the city is considered rather than using the airport data. I checked and it is the same for Hamilton too. The map creator likely would have been taking the urban heat island effect into consideration when determining this. The prose should be changed to reflect this and I will have a chance to do that later. That being said, these areas will probably become Dfa within the coming decades as they're only about 1 degree away from the threshold. The dividing line between Dfa and Dfb in this situation is that if the temperature in the warmest month of the year averages more than 22°C then it is Dfa, less than 22°C then Dfb. Air.light (talk) 19:27, 25 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I see the edit of 26 April. It doesn't actually address the issue of Northern Ontario. I have always understood areas such as Kenora, Thunder Bay and Kapuskasing to have very different climates from the areas around Lake Ontario. Along the Manitoba border same climate as Toronto - I don't think so. Slight Smile 14:21, 26 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't write anything about those areas. They are also classified as Dfb. The climate types in the Koppen climate classification system are not as narrow as this. Air.light (talk) 03:23, 27 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Climate map shows that Niagara-On-The-Lake has a humid subtropical climate?[edit]

According to the edit history that map was uploaded by the user Mhecky on December 10th, 2021. Prior to that the climate maps did not show anywhere in Ontario with a humid subtropical climate. Is this accurate? Is Niagara-On-The-Lake actually subtropical, and if so, how come I can't find any other sources for this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Speyeker (talk • contribs) 22:53, 30 April 2022 (UTC) Speyeker (talk) 20:03, 1 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]