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Below is a summary of the Thousand Island Region. For more detail visit our affiliate site: One of North America's major recreational boating centers, the Thousand islands region is home of the Antique Boat Museum, the largest facility of its kind in the world. The Thousand Islands, sometimes called "The Venice of America," is a nautical community situated on the St. Lawrence Seaway that links the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean. Extending about fifty miles down the river, several miles wide here, some 1800 islands are shared by the United States and Canada. For a century and a half residents of major cities of both nations have gathered in a summer colony, building homes on islands, linked socially by their boats. Summer residents from afar continue to maintain houses here, coming from cities like Atlanta, Chicago, and New York. |
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international border passes close to Carleton Island. Nearby is the historic
city of Kingston, Ontario, a major tourist destination known for its culture and character. On the US shore, the village of Clayton, New York, home to the Antique Boat Museum, is another attraction. Across the river, the Canadian village of Gananoque provides two theaters with a rich program of summer performances. Thousand Island Park is a remarkably preserved Victorian cottage colony that offers fine dining along with its period ambiance. These communities lie within cruising range of Carleton Island, as do several state and provincial parks. |
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Access
to the Thousand Islands is direct via national highways 81 in the US
and 401 in Canada. Carleton Island appears above Burnham Point State
Park , between Cape Vincent and Clayton on the US shore, and Kingston
and Gananoque on the Canadian mainland. |
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Kingston Harbor
Once
capital of Canada, the historic city of Kingston, Ontario is today a
major destination for international visitors. Queens University |
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For more than forty years an annual boat show and auction has been the high point of the summer season, bringing throngs of international boat enthusiasts to Clayton. The Antique Boat Museum offers other events and programs throughout the year. Many residents serve as volunteers as well as enjoying the museum's programs and facilities. Clayton, New York, no mere summer resort, is a substantial year-round community that supports a library, several museums, art galleries, bookstore, and spa--as well as restaurants and other visitor accommodations.
Cape Vincent French Festival A quiet village where the St. Lawrence River flows out of Lake Ontario, Cape Vincent comes alive one summer weekend when its French Festival attracts many visitors. The event celebrates a unique heritage, recalled as well by the a historic stone mansion in town built by the son of the aristocratic French landowner of a huge tract here. A community of French exiles planned to help Napoleon escape to freedom, building a house for him here. Of course, this never happened, but the French tradition lives on. A small automobile ferry connects Cape Vincent to Canadian Wolfe Island, After a short drive, another ferry delivers passengers to the historic city of Kingston, Ontario.
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A Canadian center of summer life here, Gananoque attracts many visitors to its gambling casino, fine restaurants and visitor accommodations. The two theaters of the Thousand Islands Playhouse also make this village a major feature of the region.
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