Apr 28, 2012
Thousand Islands — Canada
The Thousand Islands is the name
of an archipelago of islands that straddle the Canada-U.S. border in the
Saint Lawrence River as it emerges from the northeast corner of Lake
Ontario. They stretch for about 50 miles (80 km) downstream from
Kingston, Ontario. The Canadian islands are in the province of Ontario,
the U.S. islands in the state of New York. The islands, which number
1,864 in all, range in size from over 40 square miles (100 km2) to
smaller islands occupied by a single residence, to even smaller
uninhabited outcroppings of rocks that are home to migratory waterfowl.
The number of islands was determined using the criteria that any island
must be above water level all year round, have an area greater than 1
square foot (0.093 m2), and support at least one living tree. 32 more images after the break...
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