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Lake Ontario In The Cold Is Pretty Much Frozen Beauty Perfected (PHOTOS)

This Lake Never Looked So Good

The polar vortex may be a thing of the past, but a look at your weather app might convince you otherwise.

Earlier this week, much of Ontario was dealing with temperatures dipping well below negatives — temperatures low enough to make just about anyone visiting the city want to wrap themselves up in a blanket and never leave their room.

But if that were the case, they'd be missing out on this:

TORONTO, ON - JANUARY 23: A half moon lingers in the sky as the sun reflects off ice formations on the Lake Ontario shoreline at Len Ford Park, Etobicoke. Although the snow did not come as predicted in the GTA, the temperature remains in the minus double digits. January 23, 2014. (Bernard Weil/Toronto Star via Getty Images)

This is Lake Ontario, one of Canada's great lakes that's sometime's not so great for swimming during the summer. But hey, at least it looks absolutely splendid in the cold and given how Toronto is on track for one of the coldest winters in 25 years, according to City News, the lake's never looked so good.

TORONTO, ON - JANUARY 23: A half moon lingers in the sky as the sun reflects off ice formations on the Lake Ontario shoreline at Len Ford Park, Etobicoke. Although the snow did not come as predicted in the GTA, the temperature remains in the minus double digits. January 23, 2014. (Bernard Weil/Toronto Star via Getty Images)

So don your boots, or skates at the National Post suggests, and brave the cold to see what you'll missing. Just make sure you also bundle up.

TORONTO, ON - JANUARY 23: Silhouetted against lake effect snow cloud formations out over Lake Ontario, a man does his morning stretches beside a pagoda at Tall Oaks Park, Mississauga. Although the snow did not come as predicted in the GTA, the temperature remains in the minus double digits. January 23, 2014. (Bernard Weil/Toronto Star via Getty Images)

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CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story mentioned a man doing stretches by a gondola. The story has since been updated.

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