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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 .
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 ...
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 ...
View of islands in Lake Huron between Manitoulin Island (left) and the northwestern tip of the Bruce Peninsula (right). North is oriented towards the upper left in this photo taken from the International Space Station on April 10, 2022.