Ontario

:This article describes the Canadian province. For other usages, see Ontario (disambiguation).

Geography

See: List of Ontario counties

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Ontario is bounded on the north by Hudson Bay and James Bay, on the east by Quebec, on the west by Manitoba, and on the south by the American states of Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York. Ontario's long American border is formed almost entirely by lakes and rivers, starting in Lake of the Woods and continuing to the Saint Lawrence River near Cornwall; it passes through the four Great Lakes on which Ontario has coastline, namely Lakes Superior, Huron (which includes Georgian Bay), Erie, and Ontario (for which the province is named; Ontario itself is an Iroquois word meaning "beautiful lake" or "beautiful water"). There are approximately 250,000 lakes and over 100,000 kilometres of rivers in the province.

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Hudson Bay - James Bay - Quebec - Manitoba - American - Minnesota - Michigan - Ohio - Pennsylvania - New York - Lake of the Woods - Saint Lawrence River - Cornwall - Great Lakes - Superior - Huron - Georgian Bay - Erie - Ontario - Iroquois - 100,000 kilometres

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