Author: Darrel Pratt

Visit Ontario Parks for Free This 2022 Summer with Day-Use Passes From 260 Ontario Public Libraries. Last year, Ontario Parks announced a program through which you can visit Ontario parks for free by borrowing day-use permits from participating Ontario libraries. Do you have to pay for Ontario Parks? Daily vehicle permits A daily vehicle permit […]

Overlaying the Canadian Shield southern Ontario are young Paleozoic sedimentary rocks with ages ranging from 540 – 360 million years! Where in Ontario has the oldest rocks? The Grenville Province makes up about 20 percent of the exposed Canadian Shield in Ontario and located south of Sudbury is 1.0 to 1.6 billion years old and […]

The Ontario salmon run typically starts in early September and runs through until early November. Mid-to-late October tends to be when the season hits its peak. Thanksgiving weekend is often a popular time, but the migration is really based on weather and water temperatures. How long is the salmon run in Ontario? Early September to […]

Once the water reaches the Niagara River, it passes over the waterfalls. After reaching the waterfalls, it flows north into the final Great Lake, Lake Ontario. From there, the water goes into the St. Lawrence River and then the Atlantic Ocean. Does Niagara Falls go into Lake Ontario? Once it travels over the Falls it […]

settler Jasper Martin. English settler Jasper Martin built a gristmill on 16 Mile Creek in 1821, and Milton grew around it. Other villages grew nearby, including Campbellville. Most of the settlers in the area were English, Irish, or Loyalists. How did Milton Ontario get its name? The first post office was built in 1836, which […]

$67,357. Table Population Income & Poverty Median household income (in 2020 dollars), 2016-2020 $67,357 Per capita income in past 12 months (in 2020 dollars), 2016-2020 $24,682 Persons in poverty, percent  13.3% What is the average house income in California? Table Population Income & Poverty Median household income (in 2021 dollars), 2017-2021 $84,097 Per capita […]

Millions of people rely on the Great Lakes for their drinking water, which is considered safe if filtered properly. The city of Toronto treats over 1 billion litres of drinking water every day. That water is collected from Lake Ontario through intake pipes deep below the surface and at least 1 km from the shore. […]

Glacial Lake Ontario Lake type Glacial Etymology Ontarí:io, a Huron (Wyandot) word meaning “great lake” Primary inflows Niagara River Primary outflows St. Lawrence River What type of water is Lake Ontario? freshwaterGlaciers formed the lake between 14,000 and 10,000 years ago. The lake is one of the 5 Great Lakes, which 21% of the world’s […]

You can get a permit to live in an RV short term while you are building a house and as far as I know this is the only time you can live in an RV, unless you are in a licensed RV park. You can typically build a structure on undeveloped land but this is […]

From Lake Ontario, water flows into the St. Lawrence River and ultimately runs out the Atlantic Ocean. Where does the water come from for Lake Ontario? the Niagara RiverThe lake receives most of its water supply from the other Great Lakes through the Niagara River and discharges into the St Lawrence River through the Kingston […]