Lake Simcoe

The Lake Simcoe ( German Simcoe Lake) is a lake in the southern part of the Canadian province of Ontario, located about 70 km north of the city of Toronto. It is drained by the River Severn and is thus part of the catchment area of ​​the St. Lawrence River.

He is the fourth largest lake in the province. At the time of first European exploration in the 17th century the lake ( " Beautiful Water " ) was named by the Wyandot Ouentironk. He was also known as Lake Toronto. Early French traders called it Lac aux Claies, the " lake of the weirs ," because of the many fishing weirs that were found there. Received its current name of the lake by John Graves Simcoe, the Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada in the late 18th century.

The lake is about 30 kilometers long and 25 kilometers wide. It extends over an area of 723 km ² ( with Lake Couchiching he has a total area of ​​773.96 km ² ), making it roughly 1.3 times as large as Lake Constance. The maximum water depth is 41 m. In Lake Simcoe, there are several smaller and larger islands. The largest island is Georgina Iceland, smaller islands are Torah Iceland, Iceland Strawberry, Snake and Fox Iceland Iceland.

The lake is surrounded by the Simcoe County, Durham Region and York Region. Major cities on the shores of the lake are Barrie and Orillia.

The Lake Simcoe is part of a larger prehistoric lake, the Algonquin, from which also emerged Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, the Upper Lake and several smaller lakes.

According to some cryptozoologists to live in the lake seehundeähnliches a monster, the Igopogo. If the animal in Kempenfelt Bay, is in the northeastern part of the lake, sighted, it is called Kempenfelt Kelly.

In Lake Simcoe following fish species are caught: walleye, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, pike, American perch, crappie, sunfish, American char, Heringsmaräne and Getüpfelter catfish. Year-round protected are muskellunge, lake sturgeon and American vendace (Coregonus Artedi ).