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Ontario- The Blue Province-The World’s Fresh Water Capital

Barrie, Ontario. August 1 2007.

How Many Lakes Exist in Ontario? No one has been able to count the exact number or agree on what constitutes a size to say it is a lake. However, some estimates are in the 250,000 plus range. In addition to bordering four of the Great Lakes including Lake Superior, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario Many include Georgian Bay area as separate and the only large body of the Great Lakes that is 100% Canadian. Lake Simcoe is often named the 6th Great Lake however Lake Simcoe drains throughout the Trent-Severn Historical Waterway to Georgian Bay. Ontario also borders James Bay and Hudson Bay. Watersheds emptying into James and Hudson’s Bay offer up billions of liters of fresh water.

As the first week of August continues to heat up Ontario residents and visitors are blessed with a ready supply of cool fresh water.

The great summer pastime of swimming and cooling off at an Ontario beach http://www.400eleven.com/ontario-beaches.html is usually only a short drive or walk away.

Ron Taylor Publisher of Ontario Travel North of Toronto http://www.400eleven.com/fishing.html says, “More than 95 % of our 150 member properties have access to fresh water beaches either on site or nearby in the local community. Fresh water swimming continues to be one of the number one fun activities for families traveling in Ontario during the summer. When looking at a Google satellite Map there is no question that Ontario could well be classified as the Blue Province and the Fresh Water Capital of the World”, adds Taylor.

An Ontario travel experience offers so many fresh water options it is hard to choose. There are Provincial Parks, National Parks, Historic Waterways, and Historic Rivers most with beaches and swimming areas. Most waterfront communities have public beaches.

Next to swimming fresh water fishing in Ontario is a perfect kids activity for Ontario Travelers, either off the dock, in a canoe, or from a boat. Then there is water skiing, wakeboarding, tubing, wind surfing, sailing, or just old-fashioned beach combing.

An Ontario tradition in the summer sees most Southern Ontario residents heading north into Ontario Cottage country http://www.400eleven.com/type-of-cottage.html to their favorite lake usually with a dock or a beach area, searching out the cleanest and freshest water available.

For families and couples who do not own a cottage property, thousands of accommodation properties offer up beach resorts, cottage-resorts with beaches, country inns on the water, b&b locations on the water or near a public beach.

Ontario Travel North of Toronto provides hundreds of summer getaways and packages http://www.400eleven.com/getaways-summer.html at Ontario resort destinations with swimming and beach opportunities onsite or nearby.

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For additional information contact R. Taylor at 705-734-0895

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