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I've only viewed Lake Michigan from the shoreline of Chicago and I thought it was pretty magnificent. I like how Chicago is so heavily built up and abruptly stops at a 180 degree horizon on its shoreline. Can't think of any other city in N. America built quite like that. Lake Michigan seems to be the go to lake for sandy beaches and swimming.
For natural scenic beauty I'd imagine Lake Superior being highest on the list. The rugged terrain on north shore of Minnesota outside Duluth with the lighthouses, rocky cliffs, and waterfalls is on my bucket list.
Lake Huron doesn't get a lot of discussion but it has the draw of Mackinac Island, which I'd like to see at some point. Bruce Peninsula National Park in Ontario looks inviting (https://maps.roadtrippers.com/trips/21465865).
I love the sandy dunes of Michigan plus those aquamarine waters. Superior is gorgeous with its cliffs. Both are beautiful, just depends on my mood. Something beautiful about a stormy autumn sky over Lake Superior with choppy waves.
Lake superior has Isle Royale in Michigan with the isolated moose and wolf populations its really wild. There are wolves on the north shore of Minnesota too and in Canada as well. The other lakes are more developed with agriculture and urban areas. Lake Huron on the Canada side of Lake Huron Georgian Bay is supposedly beautiful with all the islands it has.
Yeah Toronto definitely stops where Lake Ontario begins although its shoreline is a bit more undulating than Chicago's which is more horizontal. Toronto also has numerous islands close to its shores so when you look out you don't just see endless lake - at least from the core area. That said, Toronto is well built up along the shoreline of Lake Ontario and it is filling in many parts very quickly.
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Yeah Toronto definitely stops where Lake Ontario begins although its shoreline is a bit more undulating than Chicago's which is more horizontal. Toronto also has numerous islands close to its shores so when you look out you don't just see endless lake - at least from the core area. That said, Toronto is well built up along the shoreline of Lake Ontario and it is filling in many parts very quickly.
Chicago's skyline has a more linear pattern running parallel to the shoreline where as Toronto's skyline seems more perpendicular with a high rise corridor going up Yonge Street.
Last edited by Champ le monstre du lac; 03-28-2023 at 03:46 PM..
Chicago's skyline has a more linear pattern running parallel to the shoreline where as Toronto's skyline seems more perpendicular with a high rise corridor going up Yonge Street.
Oh I would agree the line up Yonge is more pronounced and impressive than along the shoreline, but there is still a considerable amount of buildings along the shoreline of Lake Ontario and it is actively being built. So T.O's skyline is like an inverse T.
This shows the skyline along the shore from the T.O islands. PLEASE excuse the music!
Fun fact: By volume, you can fit 25 Lake Eries in Lake Superior (its a lot deeper.)
Fun fact#2: Lake Erie has 50% of the fish in all of the Great Lakes, due to it being the furthest south and warmer. https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2019/1...f%20the%20fish.
Lake Erie has proven itself to be much more easily cleaned, since it is much smaller. Although there is still work to do, we have a much cleaner lake today, thanks to the Clean Water Act.
Superior probably wins this contest though - and rightly so.
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