Editing Thousand Islands (section)

===Notable islands===
[[File:ThousandIslands2022OSM.png|thumb|upright=1.5|Detailed map of the Thousand Islands]]
* The largest island in the group, [[Wolfe Island (Ontario)|Wolfe Island]], is entirely in Ontario. Other large islands in the archipelago include New York's [[Grindstone Island]] and [[Wellesley Island]], and Ontario's [[Howe Island]].
* Adjacent to Wolfe Island but part of New York is [[Carleton Island]], the site of a ruined fort, [[Fort Haldimand]], built in 1779 by the British during the American Revolutionary War. The island was captured by three American soldiers during the [[War of 1812]] and remains part of the United States.
* [[Deer Island (Thousand Islands)|Deer Island]], about {{convert|2|mi|km|spell=in}} north of [[Alexandria Bay]], is owned by the secret society of [[Skull and Bones]].
* A pair of islands southwest of [[Grenadier Island (Saint Lawrence River)|Grenadier Island]] are collectively called [[Zavikon Island]]. A popular but incorrect<ref>{{cite news| first=Jay |last=Clarke |title=Retreat to the river on the St. Lawrence islands |newspaper=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |page=I09 |date=July 17, 1983 |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB295CC1F714200&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |access-date = October 3, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Shortest International Bridge |date=October 11, 2011 |publisher=Twelve Mile Circle |url=http://www.howderfamily.com/blog/shortest-international-bridge/ |access-date=October 15, 2011}}</ref> tale is that the larger island is in Canada, while the smaller one is in the United States, and the foot bridge between them is the shortest international bridge in the world.<ref>{{cite book |last=Chan |first=Elise D. |title=Jefferson County |year=2007 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-0-7385-3547-0 |page=58}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/businessline/2000/03/13/stories/101372s3.htm |title=The Venice of America |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] Business Line |date=March 13, 2000 |access-date=September 9, 2007}}</ref> Zavikon Island is entirely in Canada and belongs to the [[Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario|Leeds and Grenville]] municipal unit.<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611145113/http://www.onterm.gov.on.ca/geo/details_e.asp?letter=z&ind=1 |archive-date=June 11, 2011 |url=http://www.onterm.gov.on.ca/geo/details_e.asp?letter=z&ind=1 |title=ONTERM GeoNames Index: Zachary Islands&nbsp;— Zigzag Island |publisher=Government of Ontario |access-date=October 3, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/FDFZU |title=Natural Resources Canada - Place Names - Zavikon Island |publisher=Natural Resources Canada |access-date=September 17, 2015}}</ref><!-- Note: The U.S. Government doesn't recognize any place called Zavikon in its territory: http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic -->
* [[Longue Vue Island]] is the only artificial island in the region.
* [[Ironsides Island]] is home to one of the largest [[great blue heron]] [[rookeries]] in northern New York State, where over one thousand herons return to breed each April.<ref name=TNC_herons>{{cite web |url=http://www.nature.org/aboutus/travel/almanac/nea.php?requestedstate=New%20York |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070517235631/http://www.nature.org/aboutus/travel/almanac/nea.php?requestedstate=New%20York |archive-date=May 17, 2007 |title=Natural Events Almanac - New York |website=The Nature Conservancy |access-date=September 12, 2015}}</ref> The uninhabited rocky island near [[Alexandria Bay, New York]], is owned by [[The Nature Conservancy]] and was listed as a [[National Natural Landmark]] in 1967.<ref name=NPS_NLL>{{cite web |url=http://www.nature.nps.gov/nnl/site.cfm?Site=IRIS-NY |title=National Natural Landmark - Ironsides Island |website=National Park Service |date=June 28, 2012 |access-date=September 12, 2015 |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305130423/http://www.nature.nps.gov/nnl/site.cfm?Site=IRIS-NY |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Calumet Island]] is near [[Clayton, New York]]. The privately owned island formerly featured a "castle" mansion belonging to New York tobacco tycoon Charles G. Emery, and later hosted a marina in the 1960s.<ref name=life>{{cite web |url=http://www.thousandislandslife.com/BackIssues/Archive/tabid/393/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/641/Calumet-Islands-Lost-Castle.aspx |title=Calumet Island's Lost Castle |magazine=Thousand Islands Life |date=February 13, 2011 |author=Lunman, Kim |access-date=September 6, 2016}}</ref><ref name=SteelKing>{{cite web |url=http://www.1000islandssteelking.com/1000-islands-calumet-island-marina-in-the-1960s/ |title=1000 Islands - Calumet Island marina in the 1960s |website=1000 Islands Boating |date=June 2, 2012 |access-date=September 6, 2016}}</ref>
* [[Just Room Enough Island]] is the smallest inhabited island in the world.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/worlds-smallest-inhabited-island-is-about-the-size-of-a-tennis-court/ar-BBGB7Ao?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartanntp|title=World's Smallest Inhabited Island Is About the Size of a Tennis Court|website=www.msn.com|access-date=2018-01-13}}</ref>