Lake Ontario is the eastern-most and smallest in surface area (18,960 square kilometers) of the Great Lakes. It exceeds only Lake Erie in volume. Its primary inlet is [Niagara Falls]? and primary outlet is the [St. Lawrence River]?. Other notable geographic features are [Hamilton Harbour]?, the Bay of Quinte, and the [Toronto Islands]?
The southern, American shore of the lake is largely rural, with the exception of Rochester, New York. A few large and medium-sized cities (notably Toronto and Hamilton, Ontario) are to be found on the Canadian side.