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Lake Erie North Shore

Appellation

Lake Erie North Shore is a VQA Ontario designated viticultural area in Canada.

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The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type
VQA Ontario designated viticultural area (O. Reg. 359/24)
Area
605,021 ha registered outline
Centre
42.4107° N, 82.0934° W
Legal basis
Ontario: O. Reg. 359/24 under the VQA Act, areas defined by roads and natural features. British Columbia: GIs under the Wines of Marque Regulation, defined by watersheds and schedule maps.

Outline: Built from the administrative units that contain the area. The legal boundary follows other lines (roads, rivers, farms or altitude), so the real area is smaller.

Where it is

Nearest town
7.5 km east of Chatham
Nearest city
71 km south-east of Clinton Township 99,753 people
To the sea
576 km
Rivers nearby
Thames (5.5 km)
Lakes nearby
Erie (17 km) · Saint Clair (26 km)
Same latitude
Rioja (Spain), Khvanchkara (Georgia), Skadar Lake basin (Montenegro), Xinjiang (Turpan, Manas, Yanqi) (China), Banyuls grand cru (France)

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation
148–293 m
Mean elevation
197 m

Measured over the whole outline on 30,228 elevation cells of about 452 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

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Sources

geoBoundaries CAN ADM3 (2016) (Open Data Commons Open Database License 1.0)

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