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commercial waterways of the world. Lakes Erie and Ontario, 

 bordering portions of this state, are navigable for large vessels, 

 and hence are also of great commercial importance. The 

 shores of these two lakes, together with those of Lake Champlain, 

 form a water boundary of the state of more than 350 miles. 

 Besides the larger lakes in the Adirondack section and the Finger 

 Lakes, Chautauqua Lake, in the southwestern part of the state, 

 is one of the largest. This lake is well known both because of 

 its beauty and because of the Chautauqua Assembly that meets 

 annuallv on its shores. 



