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| Posted by: Camac 03-May-2008, 09:43 AM |
| THE LAKE Fed by Niagaras' roar Empt'd by St. Lawrence flow From West to East And North to South The lake lies brooding Grey and cold On Summers day A pure delight In Winter storm A place of fright A giver of life A taker of same The lake resists Mans' will to tame Born by the Glaciers Grinding slow Pushing the Earth Like a giant plough Filled by water From ice melt streams Place of Legends and Explorers' dreams. Ontario, from the Mohawk take And give the name to This Great Lake. |
| Posted by: Lady of Avalon 03-May-2008, 10:47 AM |
| Camac, Lake Ontario is one the smallest of the great lakes but at the same time part of the largest lakes in the world...ironic Your poem describe it very well for the lakes are one of Canada's many wonders. Thanks LOA |
| Posted by: Camac 03-May-2008, 11:27 AM | ||
LOA; Yes Erie is the smallest followed by Ontario even so it is 311 km long and 85 km. wide. That's a lot of open water. The main thing that gets people into trouble on the lake is overconfidence. Even though it is called a lake it is in reality an fresh water sea. It might not have tides but when the storms get to howling out of the East it is time to set thing aright with the Creator and head for shore. The deep water mariners use the lines "Red sky at night. Sailors take delight. Red sky at mornng sailors take warning". This also pertains to the Lake. Camac. |
| Posted by: John Clements 04-May-2008, 12:15 PM | ||
Once again, good stuff, Thanks JC |
| Posted by: Patch 04-May-2008, 03:56 PM | ||||
I think Erie is the shallowest also. We have covered a lot of the American water looking for Walleye and it is mostly 25 to 35 feet with underwater sand bars. We certainly didn't come close to covering it all. Slàinte, Patch |
| Posted by: Camac 04-May-2008, 06:10 PM | ||||||
Yeah Eries is the shallowest. When the Walleye came back it was a sure sign the Lake was getting cleaner. Good fishing, Walleye. Camac. |
| Posted by: Patch 04-May-2008, 07:21 PM | ||||||||
We fish for Brown's occasionally on the west shore of Lake Michigan. I am leary re: eating anything out of any of the Great Lakes though. We do catch/release with the exception of Trophy sized fish or the occasional freak. I have a friend who caught a double tailed walleye. I have seen double dorsal finns too. To me that speaks of contamination yet. Slàinte, Patch |