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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.
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.
Cap-aux-Meules (French pronunciation: [kap o møl], "Grindstone") is a former village, now a sector of the municipality of Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec. It is located on Cap aux Meules Island (Grindstone Island), part of the Magdalen Islands archipelago, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Quebec, Canada.
The Magdalen Islands [1] (French: Îles de la Madeleine, pronounced [il də la madlɛn]) are an archipelago in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.Since 2005, the 12-island archipelago is divided into two municipalities: the majority-francophone Municipality of Îles-de-la-Madeleine and the majority-anglophone Municipality of Grosse-Île, in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region, Quebec, Canada.
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 ...
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.
The Government of Manitoba designated Hecla Island as a provincial park in 1969. Grindstone Provincial Park was added in 1997 to create Hecla-Grindstone Provincial Park. [1] The park is 1,084 square kilometres (419 sq mi) in size. [2] The park is considered to be a Class V protected area under the IUCN protected area management categories. [3]
Grindstone City Historic District in Port Austin Township, Michigan; Grindstone Island (Magdalen Islands), an island in the Magdalen Islands, Quebec, Canada; Grindstone Island (Ontario), is an island in Big Rideau Lake, Ontario, Canada. Grindstone Island, is one of the Thousand Islands, in the St. Lawrence River in the United States of America.