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The Thousand Islands archipelago is at the outlet of Lake Ontario at the head of the Saint Lawrence River.The region is bisected by the Canada–United States border and covers portions of Jefferson and St. Lawrence counties in the U.S. state of New York, in addition to parts of the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville and Frontenac County in the Canadian province of Ontario.
Calumet Island is an island on the St. Lawrence River, located in the Town of Clayton in Jefferson County, New York. [1] The island formerly featured one of the earliest examples of the large castles built in the Thousand Islands region during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, of which Boldt Castle is a surviving example.
Alexandria Bay is a village in Jefferson County, New York, United States, within the town of Alexandria.It is located in the Thousand Islands region of northern New York. The population of the village was 1,078 at the 2010 United States Census. [2]
Grindstone Island is the fourth largest of the islands in the Thousand Islands region, measuring about 5 miles (8.0 km) long and 3 miles (4.8 km) wide at its widest point. The northern part of the island is near the Canada–United States border. The island is in the western part of the St. Lawrence river valley, and is located between ...
Murray Isle is an island in the Thousand Islands region of the St. Lawrence River in the U.S. state of New York. The island lies in the Town of Clayton, near its border with the Town of Orleans, in the northern part of Jefferson County. Today, Murray Isle is the site of many summer cottages.
Livestreams showed errant beachgoers, bicyclists and even kitesurfers off the coast of Hilton Head Island as the Category 2 hurricane ushered in choppy waters and high winds across the Lowcountry.
The village of Clayton became the main railroad terminus for the Thousand Islands resort region, during its heyday at the turn of the twentieth century. The town of Clayton offered several hotels to visitors, some grand, now mostly vanished. In 1872, the community of Clayton voted to set itself apart from the town by incorporating as a village.
Clayton is located on the south bank of the St. Lawrence River. To the west is French Creek Bay where French Creek enters the St. Lawrence. Opposite the village in the St. Lawrence is Grindstone Island, one of the large islands of the Thousand Islands. New York State Route 12 intersects New York State Route 12E in the village.