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Grindstone Island is the fourth largest of the Thousand Islands in the St. Lawrence River and the second largest of the American islands in the St. Lawrence. The island lies near Lake Ontario and is part of the United States. In particular, the island is part of the Town of Clayton in Jefferson County, New York.
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.
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.
List of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Clinton County, New York This is intended to be a complete list of National Register of Historic Places in Clinton County, New York . The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map.
Grindstone – A hamlet on the northern side of Grindstone Island. Grindstone Island – The fourth largest of the Thousand Islands. It lies in the St. Lawerence River opposite Clayton village. Gunns Corners – A hamlet in the southeastern corner of the town on NY-180 at NY-12. Murray Isle – An island in the St. Lawrence River by the eastern ...
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.
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 ...
New York City, United States Blue-green pigment gum bichromate over platinum print [s 2] The Pond—Moonlight: 1904 Edward Steichen: Mamaroneck, New York, United States Multiple gum bichromate print over platinum Pictorialist hand-colored photograph; only three versions exist. In 2006, a print became the most expensive photo sold. [30] [31] [s 3]