Lake on the Mountain
This week, Toronto Tuesday goes 225km east to a less known place in Prince Edward County, called Lake on the Mountain. This place is considered to be a geological wonder.
This freshwater lake is located nearly 62 metres above Lake Ontario. It has no visible source of water and is not affected by drought. Stories of volcanoes, meteorites and massive glacial whirlpools explaining the origins of the lake are abound. But the most generally accepted theory holds that it is a collapsed sink, an odd feature found in areas with limestone rock foundations The lake’s outlet stream flows through a shallow bedrock channel, eventually tumbling over the escarpment to lake Ontario below The depth of the lake is still not fully known, although previous attempts have established the depth as over 110 feet deep.
Lake on the Mountain
The lake has a shallow shore on one end and is very deep on the other.
Mohawks, the original inhabitants (‘Indians‘) of this region, called it Onokenoga, or Lake of the Gods, and believed that spirits dwelled within its deep waters. Each spring, they offered gifts to the spirits to ensure a successful crop in the coming year.
Lake Ontario, 62 meters below.
Cool shots Priyank, I’m thinking large meteorite, mind you I think any round lake was caused by a meteorite, besides collapsed sink sounds rather boring,lol.
Hi Bob, yes I agree!!
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Thanks!
Very interesting geological formation! A lake above a mountain, eh?
Yeah. Well there are many lakes on mountains or elevations, but what sets this apart is that its on the top and has no visible water source. 🙂
And it looks very beautiful particularly in the first picture.
Oh ofcourse it does, that picture is from the official website!
Nice! The water looks pretty clean, which is amazing considering all the industries around.
I know, it was remarkably clean (or was it just the appearance from a distance?). I think they are dismantling many industries from that area now.
And how come I didn’t know that, lol. Thanks again for interesting facts, I think I must go out more and explore more. Okay, it will happen one of those days, lol. Anna 🙂
You are welcome Anna! I don’t know why but your comment reminded me of my bike trip to Aurora (I was going to Barrie from Toronto, but I gave up!) – every little town I crossed had such a different feel to it that I felt that I was discovering something. Very unrelated but just thought of sharing a memory from your place. 🙂
Nice to know that a friend blogger visited my town…thanks for sharing Priyank….never know may be one day we will bump into each other, lol. Anna 🙂
Yeah we might! World is a small place. 🙂