Thousand Islands
French: Mille-Îles | |
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Thousand Islands Images top to bottom, left to right: 1898 touring map, Batterman's Point in Thousand Islands National Park, Thousand Islands Bridge, Boldt Castle, Singer Castle, Sunset over one of the smallest of the Thousand Islands | |
 Map of the Thousand Islands region | |
  Thousand Islands Thousand Islands in North America | |
| Coordinates: 44°20′N 76°00′W / 44.333°N 76.000°W | |
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The Thousand Islands (French: Mille-Îles) constitute a North American archipelago of 1,864 islands[1] that straddles the Canada–US border in the Saint Lawrence River as it emerges from the northeast corner of Lake Ontario. They stretch for about 50 miles (80 km) downstream from Kingston, Ontario. The Canadian islands are in the province of Ontario and the U.S. islands in the state of New York.
The islands range in size from over 40 square miles (100 km2) to smaller islands occupied by a single residence, or uninhabited outcroppings of rocks. To count as one of the Thousand Islands, emergent land within the river channel must have at least one square foot (0.093 m2) of land above water level year-round, and support at least two living trees.[2][3]
- ^ "First Time Visitors". 1000 Islands. 2016. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
- ^ Sachs, Andrea (September 3, 2010). "Tales of a Thousand Islands". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 30, 2015.
- ^ Bartelma, Katy (2005). Let's Go 2005 USA: With Coverage of Canada. New York: St. Martin's Press. p. 270. ISBN 978-0312335571. Retrieved January 30, 2015.