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Known as the "City of the 1000 Islands", Brockville is located on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River, about halfway between Kingston to the west and Cornwall to the east. It is 115 km (71 mi) south of the national capital Ottawa. Brockville faces the village of Morristown, New York, on the south side of the river.
The Thousand Islands Border Crossing connects the towns of Alexandria Bay, New York, and Ivy Lea, Ontario, on the Canada–US border. The crossing is via the international span of the Thousand Islands Bridge. The Thousand Islands bridge, which was completed in 1938, is actually a system of five bridges and the island roadways connecting them.
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.
The former Canada border station remains and has been refurbished, located on the eastern side of the peninsula 49°0′7.20″N 123°4′14.0″W / 49.0020000°N 123.070556°W / 49.0020000; -123.
The United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, commonly known as Leeds and Grenville, is a county and census division in Ontario, Canada, in the Eastern Ontario subregion of Southern Ontario. It fronts on the St. Lawrence River and the international boundary between Canada and the United States , opposite of the State of New York .
Brockville is a hamlet in the town of Murray in Orleans County, New York, United States. [1] It is named after Heil Brockway, a native of Clinton in Middlesex County , Connecticut , United States. [ 2 ]
The Cannon Corners–Covey Hill Border Crossing connects the towns of Havelock, Quebec to Mooers Forks, New York on the Canada–US border. It can be reached by Quebec Route 203 on the Canadian side and by Cannon Corners Road on the American side. The United States completed work on a new border station in 2012.
The Overton Corners Border Inspection Station is located at a bend in the road of New York State Route 276 at a crossroads with Canadian Route 221. The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) station is directly north and in an unusual arrangement is on the same side of the road and shares a common side lot boundary.