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Lake Erie moderates the climate somewhat, especially in late spring and fall, when air and water temperature differences are maximal.
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Lake and Erie
The Erie canal runs about from Albany, New York, on the Hudson River to Buffalo, New York, at Lake Erie.
The first Welland Canal, which opened in 1829 between Lake Ontario and Lake Erie, bypassing Niagara Falls and the Lachine Canal ( 1825 ), which allowed ships to skirt the nearly impassable rapids on the St. Lawrence River at Montreal were built for commerce.
It is connected to Lake Ontario by the Erie Canal and Seneca Lake by the Seneca River.
Local and regional companies — such as Erie Lake, Hensel Phelps Construction, KOA Radio, and the Rocky Mountain News — rounded out the group.
The river travels south from Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie, and the whole river carries the international border between Canada and the United States.
The river serves as an important transportation route connecting Lake Michigan, Huron, and Superior to the St. Lawrence Seaway and Erie Canal.
The Detroit River flows for from Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie.
The river drops only three feet before entering into Lake Erie at.
Most of the islands in the Detroit River are in the southern portion of the waterway near Grosse Ile and close to where the river empties into Lake Erie.
Following the completion of the Erie Canal in 1817, which opened up easier travel to Lake Erie from the East Coast of the United States, the Detroit River became a heavily traversed route for settlers traveling to northern Michigan, and Detroit, as well, experienced a sudden increase in population.
Large quantities of this pollution collected around the mouth of the Detroit River at Lake Erie.
Because much of this pollution drained into and affected Lake Erie, the lake itself was considered " dead " and unable to support aquatic life.
In 1970, the entire fishing industry in the St. Clair River, Lake St. Clair, the Detroit River, and Lake Erie had to be closed due to toxic levels of mercury found in the water.
This is a list of bridges and other crossings of the Detroit River from Lake Erie upstream to Lake St. Clair.
The Erie Canal is a waterway in New York that runs about from Albany, New York, on the Hudson River to Buffalo, New York, at Lake Erie, completing a navigable water route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes.
Knute Rockne and Gus Dorais worked on the pass while lifeguarding on a Lake Erie beach at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, during the summer of 1913.
Lake and moderates
The " lake effect " moderates the harsh Arctic winters found on the north side of Lake Ontario, but this comes at a price.
Although it shares the temperate climate found in Southern Ontario, its proximity to Lake Ontario moderates winter temperatures and it also benefits from a sheltering effect of the Niagara Escarpment, allowing the most northerly tracts of Carolinian forest to thrive on the Escarpment that runs through western sections of city.
Lake and climate
Cadillac experiences a typical northern Michigan climate, undergoing temperate seasonal changes, influenced by the presence of Lake Michigan and the inevitable lake effect.
As the climate became more arid, Lake Amora shrank and became saltier.
This lake, called " Lake Lisan ", fluctuated dramatically, rising to its highest level around 26, 000 years ago, indicating a very wet climate in the Near East.
Continental on the plains, the climate is milder along the Adriatic coast, around Lake Garda and in the hilly areas.
Due to Montreux's location in the Alps, and as Lake Geneva is a mountain lake, Montreux has an alpine climate.
With the change in climate, the remaining lake began drying up, leaving the Great Salt Lake, Utah Lake, Sevier Lake, & Rush Lake as remnants.
The climate of Salt Lake City is characterized as semi-arid ( Köppen BSk ), with four distinct seasons.
The United Nations Environment Programme and the Lake Chad Basin Commission concur that at least half of the lake's decrease is attributable to shifting climate patterns.
The shallowness of Lake Victoria, its limited river inflow, and its large surface area compared to its volume make it vulnerable to the effects of climate changes.
Lake County grew with the arrival of homesteaders, but the dry climate made for challenging development.
Sediments on its floor should give clues to its long-term climate, and isotopes in its water are expected to help glaciologists determine how and when subglacial lakes such as Lake Vostok form.
Its position in Lake Erie modifies its climate, resulting in warmer winter and fall temperatures compared to inland regions, as the lake cools more slowly than the surrounding land though during the spring, temperatures remain cooler than inland areas due to the land warming faster than the lake.
Lake Havasu City has an arid desert climate.
The Lake Arrowhead Community has a unique climate for Southern California with four distinct seasons which support an array of outdoor recreational activity and year round beauty.
The developers aimed their marketing at San Francisco families, emphasizing the proximity of Emerald Lake Hills as a weekend or vacation retreat and especially singing the praises of its largely fog-free climate.
Lake City is part of the humid subtropical climate zone of the Southeast United States.
Eagle Lake is located in the humid subtropical zone ( Köppen climate classification: Cfa ).
Lake Alfred is located in the humid subtropical zone ( Köppen climate classification: Cfa ).
Lake Hamilton is located in the humid subtropical zone ( Köppen climate classification: Cfa ).
Lake Wales is located in the humid subtropical zone ( Köppen climate classification: Cfa ).
Lake Michigan has a large effect on the climate of South Bend, including lake effect snow in winter and moderating temperatures year round.
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Oneida Lake, to the northeast of Syracuse, New York, is sometimes included as the " thumb ," although it is shallow and somewhat different in character from the rest.
In 1834, the Genevan government somewhat reluctantly erected a statue in his honor on the tiny Île Rousseau in Lake Geneva.
The population was somewhat older than the country as a whole, the median age being 39 years in Lake of the Woods and 35 years elsewhere.
In 2008, Lake Wales caused somewhat of a stir by electing former Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan John Paul Rogers as District 5 city commissioner.
The town is located on Route 15 which is a somewhat major route north to the well known Moosehead Lake Region, to which Monson is sometimes considered a gateway.
Manistique was founded where the Manistique River flows into Lake Michigan, forming somewhat of a natural harbor, which has since been improved with breakwaters, dredging, and a lighthouse.
While flooding from the Juniata River was somewhat controlled due to a dam at Raystown Lake, west of Lewistown, the county experienced extensive flooding from the river and major streams which resulted in the permanent closure of many businesses along the river.
The center and northern parts are somewhat low and a U-shaped basin, open in the north and with Lake Dongting as its center.
Historians have been somewhat kinder to Procter, noting that with the Americans in control of Lake Erie, the Detroit frontier was no longer tenable with the limited men and supplies available to Procter ( although this was not disputed by the court ).
Sometimes erroneously labeled as a beach, the park actually sits on a somewhat steep slope above Lake Travis with limestone steps that can be quite rugged in some spots.
Their movements precipitated the somewhat inconclusive Battle of Lake George on September 8, 1755, part of which was fought on the ground of Johnson's Lake George camp.
Lake Anza is about long, and the water is somewhat clear.
The species ' outlook is somewhat sanguine, since there is a published recovery plan based on an enhanced understanding of Pyramid Lake and Truckee River water quality, and the adoption of a protection plan by the U. S. Congress.
He also had in view the founding of a library at the fort, which would not be only for the immediate residents of Fort Chipewyan, but for traders and clerks of the whole region tributary to Lake Athabaska, so that it would be what he called, in an imaginative and somewhat jocular vein, " the little Athens of the Arctic regions.
As of December, 2004, the population of Lynn Lake has stabilized somewhat at an estimated 800 residents, 208 of which are students at West Lynn Heights School.
Crater Lake, the remains of Mount Mazama Arising near Crater Lake, the Rogue River flows from the geologically young High Cascades through the somewhat older Western Cascades and then through the more ancient Klamath Mountains.
The African Great Lake region is likewise somewhat loose.
His productions of full-length classical ballets, such as La Sylphide, Giselle, Coppélia, and his somewhat controversial Swan Lake for the National Ballet of Canada, were well received, as were his stagings of pas de deux from the Bournonville repertoire.
* Lake Naivasha ( 160 km² — varies somewhat with rainfall, elevation 1, 890 m ), freshwater lake, is the highest in this group.
* High Falls ( somewhat less dramatic as a result of the High Falls Dam which regulates the water level for Baptiste Lake )
Near Lake Superior, the temperature differences are somewhat less extreme, but due to its proximity to the lake annual snowfalls over 100 inches are common.
The trilogy His Dark Materials by the English writer Philip Pullman, which takes place in an alternative world somewhat similar to our own, features a prominent character, Serafina Pekkala, who is a witch queen from a tribe near Lake Inari.
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