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; . . . A large conurbation called the Golden Horseshoe occupies the lake's westernmost shores anchored by the cities of Toronto and Hamilton Ports on the Canadian side include St Catharines Oshawa Cobourg and Kingston near the St Lawrence River outlet Close to 9 million people or over a quarter of Canada's population lives within the watershed of Lake Ontario the American shore is largely rural with the exception of Rochester and the much smaller ports at Oswego and Sackets Harbor the city of Syracuse is 40 miles (64 km) inland connected to the lake by the New York State Canal System Over 2 million people live in Lake Ontario's American watershed A high-speed passenger/vehicle ferry the Spirit of Ontario I operated between Toronto and Rochester from June 17 2004 to January 10 2006 when the service was cancelled the Crystal Lynn II out of Irondequoit New York has been operating between Irondequoit Bay and Henderson New York since May 2000 operated by Capt Bob Tein Ontario Canada, This section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed (July 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this template message). ! Rouge National Urban Park is an urban national park in the GTA it covers the municipalities of Markham Pickering Toronto and Uxbridge The Greater Toronto Area covers an area of 7,125 km2 (2,751 sq mi) the region itself is bordered by Lake Ontario to the south Kawartha Lakes to the east the Niagara Escarpment to the west and Lake Simcoe to the north the region creates a natural ecosystem known as the Greater Toronto Bioregion the Greater Toronto Area forms part of the neck of the Ontario Peninsula Vast parts of the region remain farmland and forests making it one of the distinctive features of the geography of the GTA Most of the urban areas in the GTA holds large urban forest For the most part designated as parkland the ravines are largely undeveloped Rouge Park is also one of the largest nature parks within the core of a metropolitan area. Much of these areas also constitute the Toronto ravine system and a number of conservation areas in the region which are managed by Toronto and Region Conservation Authority the Cheltenham Badlands is an example of environmental degradation due to poor agricultural practice In 2005 the Government of Ontario also passed legislation to prevent urban development and sprawl on environmentally sensitive land in the Greater Toronto Area known as the Greenbelt many of these areas including protected sections of the Oak Ridges Moraine Rouge Park and the Niagara Escarpment. Nevertheless low-density suburban developments continue to be built some on or near ecologically sensitive and protected areas the provincial government has recently attempted to address this issue through the "Places to Grow" legislation passed in 2005 which emphasizes higher-density growth in existing urban centres over the next 25 years Climate.
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