Sep 28 2022 - Land of Lakes

 

Canada has the most lakes in the world.  We have 62% of them.  There are more than a million lakes n the world with a size of over 0.1 sq. km.  According to a 2016 study, the 10 countries with the most lakes in the world are:  Canada - 879,800 Russia - 201,200 USA - 102,500 China - 23,800 Sweden - 22,600 Brazil - 20,900 Norway - 20,000 Argentina - 13,600 Kazakhstan - 12,400 Australia - 11,400 And looking at the size of lakes, this article shows the size of the world's largest lakes in comparison to each other . It shows the size of the Great Lakes if they were to exist in India, Europe and Australia.      It is interesting to actually see the comparisons, but mostly the information I retrieved about lakes is political or scientific.   What might be interesting about lakes besides all this size and depth information? The Guinness Book of Records with its 2,524 entries for lakes - here are the tongue-twisters: 1. the largest lake on an island in a lake.  that's Manitou Lake.   2. the largest lake on an island in a lake on an island?  It is nameless on Baffin Island.   3. the largest island in a lake on an island in a lake - that's Treasure Island on Lake Mindemoya which in turn sits on Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron.  4. Largest island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island.  This is a small islet, measuring four acres, lies in a small lake on a slightly larger island within a bigger lake on Canada's Victoria Island.  It says that it is likely that no human has ever set foot on the island, but satellite images confirm its status and size. 5. the largest island in a lake.  that's Manitoulin Island.  Our last one is not from Canada - the largest island on another island in a lake on an island is Samosir in the Lake Toba in Sumatra, Indonesia.  Another texture abstract today.

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How Many is a Thousand?

We made a visit to Kingston and the nearby Thousand Islands at Gananoque where boat tours take one through the Islands.  The tour is filled with beautiful scenery and cottages to admire. I'd wondered if there really were a thousand islands there.  It turns out that there are 1,864 islands.  They have criteria for what can be called an island. It must stay above water 365 days a year, and be at least 6 feet long. If you know of more criteria, let me know. We come to the origin of Thousand Islands salad dressing.  It was named for this area.  A local created the dressing and it was passed on to George  Boldt of the Waldorf-Astoria hotel ( he built the famous Boldt Castle in the area).  It grew popular and well-known in his New York hotel. We enjoyed passing by the cottage with the man on the balcony.  He was taking pictures of a model boat/ship.