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Bay of Quinte is a bay on the northern shore of Lake Ontario.

Located about 200 kilometers from Toronto and 400 from Montreal, the Bay of Quinte is a long, thin bay in the shape of a letter "Z". The northern side of the bay is defined by the mainland, while the southern side follows the shore of [Prince Edward Peninsula]?. Beginning in the east with the outlet to Lake Ontario, the bay runs west-southwest for 25 kilometers to [Picton, Ontario]?, where it turns north-northwest for another 20 kilometers as far as [Deseronto, Ontario]?. From there it turns south-southwest again for another 40 kilometers, running past [Big Island]? on the south and [Belleville, Ontario]? on the north. The width of the bay rarely exceeds two kilometers. The bay ends at [Quinte West, Ontario]? (formerly Trenton) and the [Trent River]?, both also on the north side. The [Murray Canal]? has been cut through the few miles separating the end of the bay and Lake Ontario on the west side. The Trent River is part of the [Trent-Severn Waterway]?, a canal connecting Lake Ontario to [Lake Simcoe]? and then [Georgian Bay]? on [Lake Huron]?.

Note: The distances of the legs of the bay are probably wrong. I couldn't find actual measurements, so I eyeballed it based on known distances.


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