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  2. Grindstone Island - Wikipedia

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    The first known settlement occurred in 1804. The island was once considered to be part of Canada but, since 1823, has been recognized as part of the United States. Shortly afterwards a dispute over some harvested trees created a brief disturbance called "The Grindstone Island War" in which American militia attempted to prevent the removal of the logs.

  3. Grindstone (video game) - Wikipedia

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    The original concept for Grindstone dates back to the development of two of Capybara's previous games, Critter Crunch and Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes. The original idea for Grindstone was a color based matching game where the player would move around the board. The setting was designed to be a brutal, "barbarian" world, but with a cartoonish ...

  4. Grindstone Island (Magdalen Islands) - Wikipedia

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    Grindstone Island (French: Île du Cap aux Meules, pronounced [il dy kap o møl]) is an island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The island is one of the Magdalen Islands of Quebec, Canada. The island is the second-largest island by area of the Magdalen Islands (les Îles de la Madeleine). The French name is official but rarely used in English.

  5. Cap-aux-Meules - Wikipedia

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    Located on île du Cap aux Meules (Grindstone Island) the site was settled as early as the 19th century. Before the 2002 amalgamation, it was the Magdalen Islands' smallest community in land area, but because of its location at the centre of the archipelago, it has become the most important business centre of the islands and, as such, was named ...

  6. Cory Doctorow - Wikipedia

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    Doctorow went to summer camp as a young teenager at what he has described as a "hippy summer camp" at Grindstone Island, near Portland, Ontario, that was influential on his intellectual life and development. [8]

  7. Grindstone Island Upper Schoolhouse - Wikipedia

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    Grindstone Island Upper Schoolhouse is a historic one-room school building located on Grindstone Island, Clayton, Jefferson County, New York. It was built in 1885, and is a 1 1/2-story, three bay by one bay, frame building on a granite foundation. The building includes a vestibule and small teachers apartment.

  8. Canoe-Picnic Point State Park - Wikipedia

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    Canoe-Picnic Point State Park was purchased by the New York State Fisheries, Game and Forest Commission in 1897. Along with Mary Island State Park, it was one of the first New York state parks established along the St. Lawrence River as part of the St. Lawrence Reservation, a recreation area within the Thousand Islands region authorized by New York State in 1896.

  9. Grindstone Island (Ontario) - Wikipedia

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    In August 1965, the island was the scene for a role-playing exercise — later referred to as "the Grindstone Experiment" — in nonviolent social defence. [1] During the 1980s it hosted a summer camp for children. It is now used by Archives & Museum Informatics for seminars and meetings dealing with issues concerning culture and information ...