ONTARIO 



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ONTARIO 



The whole of the province was organized on 

 the platform of "increased production" under 

 the Department of Agriculture as a special pro- 

 tective war measure, and response to official 

 efforts was all that could be desired. 



In 1916 the legislature prohibited the sale of 

 intoxicating liquor until the war should end, 

 when the question of its prohibition would be 

 submitted to a vote of the people. At the 

 i of the legislature in 1917 women were 

 given the right to vote for municipal and pro- 

 vincial representatives. G.H.L. 



For further relations of Ontario to the Do- 

 minion see CANADA, subtitle History of Canada. 

 Consult Morgem's Canadian Men and Women of 



ime. 



Related Subject*. The following articles in 

 these volumes will give much additional informa- 

 tion on the subject of Ontarid : 



LAKES 



Great Lakes. The Xipissing 



Lake of the Woods Rainy Lake 



Muskoka Lakes Simcoe 

 Nipigon 



LEADING PRODUCTS 



Apple Hay 



Butter Iron 



Cheese Lumber 



Cobalt Nickel 



Copper Oats 



Fish Salt 



Flax Silver 

 Gold 



Albany 

 Ottawa 



RIVERS 



Saint Lawrence 

 Saint Mary's 



ONTARIO, LAKE, the smallest and most east* 

 erly of the five Great Lakes in North America, 

 lying between the province of Ontario and the 

 northwestern part of New York. The mean 

 elevation of the surface of the lake above sea 



EDUCATION 



Queen's University 



Toronto. T*i 



LAKE ONTARIO 



(a) Oswego branch of the Erie Canal; (6) 

 Black River branch of same. All are a part of 

 the New York Barge Canal (which see). 



level is 247 feet, 326 feet lower than Lake Erie 

 and 355 feet lower than Lake Superior. Its 

 maximum depth is 730 feet. It is oval in 

 shape, about 185 miles long, sixty miles wide, 

 has a circumference of about 480 miles and an 

 area of 7,240 square miles, being about one- 

 eighth smaller than the state of New Jersey. 

 It receives the waters of Lake Erie, at t he- 

 southwest, through the Niagara River and Ni- 

 agara Falls, and discharges through the Lakr 

 of a Thousand Isles and the Saint Lawrence 

 River into the Atlantic Ocean. 



Commercially it is of great importance, as it 

 is navigable throughout its entire extent by hr 

 largest vessels, and never freezes, except at 

 shallow shores. The Krie Canal, in connection 

 with the Genesee River and Oswego Canal, af- 

 fords communication with the Hudson H: 

 and New York City. The Niagara River and 

 tli.- Wollanci Canal connect it for navig.r 

 with L-.kr Erie, at the southwest extremity. 

 and at Ottawa City it is connected with th. 

 Ottawa River by the Ridcau Canal. It is fed 



