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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.
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.
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 area was first settled around 1801. The town was formed from parts of the towns of Orleans and Lyme in 1833. The town was named after statesman John M. Clayton.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.
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.
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.
Just Room Enough Island, also known as Hub Island, [1] is an island located in the Thousand Islands chain, in New York, United States. The island is known for being the smallest inhabited island, which appears to be around 3,300 square feet (310 m 2), or about one-thirteenth of an acre. Purchased by the Sizeland family in the 1950s, the island ...
Thousand Islands: Total islands: 1,864: Major islands: Dark Island, Longue Vue Island, Wellesley Island, Zavikon Island: Area: 0.078124686605 sq mi (0.20234200943 km 2) Highest elevation: 265 ft (80.8 m) Highest point "Foot of the Island" Administration