Editing Thousand Islands

{{Short description|Archipelago in the Saint Lawrence River}}
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The '''Thousand Islands''' ({{langx|fr|Mille-Îles}}, {{IPA|fr|mil il|pron}}) constitute a North American [[archipelago]] of 1,864 islands<ref name="First Time Visitors">{{cite web |url=https://visit1000islands.com/experiences/first-time-visitors/ |title=First Time Visitors |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2016 |publisher=1000 Islands |access-date=December 11, 2016}}</ref> that straddles the [[Canada–United States border|Canada–US border]] in the [[Saint Lawrence River]] as it emerges from the northeast corner of [[Lake Ontario]]. They stretch for about {{convert|50|mi|km}} downstream from [[Kingston, Ontario]]. The Canadian islands are in the province of [[Ontario]] and the U.S. islands in the state of [[New York (state)|New York]].

The islands range in size from over {{convert|40|sqmi|km2|-1}} to smaller islands occupied by a single residence, or uninhabited outcroppings of rocks. To count as one of the Thousand Islands, emergent land within the river channel must have at least {{convert|1|ft2|m2|spell=in}} of land above water level year-round, and support at least two living trees.<ref name=WaPO_1000IslandsDef>{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/03/AR2010090302768_pf.html |title=Tales of a Thousand Islands |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=September 3, 2010  |first=Andrea |last=Sachs |access-date= January 30, 2015}}</ref><ref name=TourBook_Def>{{cite book |last1=Bartelma |first1=Katy |title=Let's Go 2005 USA: With Coverage of Canada |date=2005 |publisher=St. Martin's Press |location=New York |isbn=978-0312335571 |page=270 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w-VcZQ8hogYC&pg=PA270 |access-date=January 30, 2015}}</ref>

== Geography ==
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 County, New York|Jefferson]] and [[St. Lawrence County, New York|St.&nbsp;Lawrence]] counties in the [[U.S. state]] of [[New York (state)|New York]], in addition to parts of the [[United Counties of Leeds and Grenville]] and [[Frontenac County]] in the [[Canadian province]] of Ontario.

[[Geology|Geologically]], most of the islands are where a branch of the [[Canadian Shield]], known as the [[Thousand Islands – Frontenac Arch]] region, runs south across the river to join with the [[Adirondacks]]. This region was designated a World [[Biosphere Reserve]] by [[UNESCO]] in 2002.<ref name=UNESCO>{{cite web |url=http://www.frontenacarchbiosphere.ca/ |title=Frontenac Arch Biosphere |publisher=Frontenac Arch Biosphere Network |access-date=November 26, 2016}}</ref>

===Transportation===
The [[Thousand Islands Bridge]] connects New York State and Ontario by traversing [[Wellesley Island]] at the northernmost point of [[Interstate 81]] in Jefferson County and meets [[Ontario Highway 137|Highway 137]], which leads to [[Ontario Highway 401|Highway 401]]. The waterfront is served by New York State [[New York State Route 12|Routes 12]] and [[New York State Route 37|37]] and by the [[Thousand Islands Parkway]] in Ontario. Ontario also has the [[Waterfront Trail]] alongside the Parkway for cyclists who wish to see the area in an alternative way.

[[Seawaymax]] lake freighters often ply the [[Saint Lawrence Seaway]]. As is usual in inland waters of the United States and Canada, vessels must use [[maritime pilots]] to help them travel safely.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.greatlakes-seaway.com/en/business-and-industry/pilotage_authorities.html |title=Business And Industry - Pilotage Authorities |website=Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System |access-date=May 18, 2015 |archive-date=December 31, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191231201541/http://www.greatlakes-seaway.com/en/business-and-industry/pilotage_authorities.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=US. Coast Pilot 6 |date=2018 |publisher=NOAA |pages=160}}</ref> In places, a vessel less than {{convert|25|ft}} offshore can find itself in over {{convert|200|ft}} of water. Conversely, rocks and shoals less than {{convert|2|ft|cm|spell=in}} underwater can be found in the center of otherwise deep waters. Due to the great number of rocks and shoals just above or below the water's surface, navigation outside of the marked channels at night can be dangerous.

Before the introduction of the [[zebra mussel]], visibility of only {{convert|10|to|15|ft}} was usual, slightly decreasing as the years passed. Water clarity improved markedly in the mid-1990s with the arrival of zebra mussels, which feed on algae. The water is so clear in some areas a rocky bottom can be observed in {{convert|80|ft}} of water. The area has several shipwrecks, and although most are over {{convert|100|ft}} underwater, some are a mere {{convert|15|ft|m}} down and can be seen from the surface.

=== Population centers ===
The single largest city in the region is [[Kingston, Ontario]], which has a metropolitan population of more than 170,000 (2021). The city marks the western end of the region in Canada, while [[Brockville]], Ontario, to the east, is the other large population center. The American region along the river is much less dense; the largest city is [[Watertown, New York]], which has a population of 25,000 (2020) and is {{convert|20|miles|spell=in}} inland. There are a number of seasonal communities which grow significantly in the summer, like [[Thousand Island Park]] in New York.

'''In New York, United States'''<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Visit 1000 Islands: There's More To Discover |url=https://visit1000islands.com/ |access-date=2022-05-27 |website=Visit 1000 Islands |language=en-US}}</ref>

This region is within [[Jefferson County, New York|Jefferson County]]:
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* [[Alexandria Bay, New York|Alexandria Bay]]
* [[Cape Vincent, New York|Cape Vincent]]
* [[Clayton, New York|Clayton]]
* [[Henderson, New York|Henderson Harbor]]
* [[Sackets Harbor, New York|Sackets Harbor]] 
* Northern Tug Hill 
* [[Watertown, New York|Watertown]]
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'''In Ontario, Canada<ref name=":0" />'''

This region includes the southern areas of [[Frontenac County|Frontenac]] and [[United Counties of Leeds and Grenville|Leeds & Grenville]] counties:
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* [[Brockville]]
* [[Gananoque]]
* [[Kingston, Ontario|Kingston]]
* [[Prescott, Ontario|Prescott]]
* [[Thousand Islands Parkway]]
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===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>

== History ==
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 |quote  = <poem>O boating on the rivers,
The voyage down the St. Lawrence, the superb scenery, the steamers,
The ships sailing, the Thousand Islands, the occasional timber-raft
and the raftsmen with long-reaching sweep-oars,
The little huts on the rafts, and the stream of smoke when they cook
supper at evening.</poem>
 |author = [[Walt Whitman]]
 |source = "A Song of Joys", from ''[[Leaves of Grass]]'' (1855)
}}
Prior to European colonization, the Thousand Islands region was home to, or visited by, members of the [[Iroquois|Iroquois Confederacy]] and [[Ojibwa people]]. Their name for the islands was ''Manitouana'' or the "Garden of the Great Spirit".<ref name=Bell_2007>{{cite journal |last1=Bell |first1=M.M. |author-link=Michael Mayerfeld Bell |title=In the River: A Socio-Historical Account of Dialogue and Diaspora|journal=[[Humanity & Society]] |date=May 1, 2007 |volume=31 |issue=2–3 |pages=210–234 |doi=10.1177/016059760703100204 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/252436288 |access-date=November 26, 2016|citeseerx=10.1.1.486.9322 |s2cid=144703392 }}</ref>

The region was a part of the [[War of 1812]] between the British Empire and the United States. Many sites from the war can be found, such as [[Fort Wellington]] in Prescott, Ontario and the garrison on Chimney Island, Mallorytown, Ontario. Museums about the war can be found on both the Canadian and American side of the river.

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In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, many distinguished visitors made the region widely known as a summer resort. During the half century (1874–1912) of the resort's greatest prominence, most wealthy vacationers came from [[New York City]], joined by prominent families from [[Chicago]], [[Cleveland]], [[Pittsburgh]] and other cities of the United States and Canada. Several grand hotels provided luxurious accommodations while steamboats offered extensive tours among the islands. Wealthy and middle-class summer residents built summer homes, and the region retains a historically important collection of vacation homes from this time.

Among the lavish homes built during this time were several masonry "castles", some of which remain as international landmarks. The region's first castle, [[Castle Rest]], was built in 1888; it was destroyed in the mid-20th century.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thousandislandslife.com/BackIssues/Archive/tabid/393/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/341/Castle-Rest-Its-story.aspx |title=Castle Rest, Its Story |author=Malo, Paul |date=October 12, 2009 |magazine=Thousand Islands Life |access-date=December 2, 2016}}</ref> The most famous extant examples are "The Towers" on [[Dark Island]], now called [[Singer Castle]], and the previously long-neglected [[Boldt Castle]] on [[Heart Island]], which had been left unfinished for over 75 years upon the untimely death of [[George Boldt]]'s wife. It has since been completed over the recent decades in accord with Boldt's original plans.

The Thousand Islands have long been a center for recreational boating. Large steam yachts, many designed by [[Nathanael Herreshoff]], required distinctive yacht houses. The region was known also for innovative power boating during this period. Three local yacht clubs hosted the [[Gold Cup Races]] of the [[American Power Boat Association]] for nine consecutive years.{{when|date=November 2016}}

==Recreation==

===Public parks===
To be considered an island, a piece of land must stay above water throughout the year and support a living tree. Many of the islands are publicly owned. A group of 21 islands<ref name="OtherFAQs">{{cite web |url=http://www.visit1000islands.com/first-time-visitors/other-faqs/ |title=Other FAQs |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2016 |publisher=1000 Islands |access-date=December 11, 2016}}</ref> form the [[Thousand Islands National Park]], the oldest of Canada's [[National Parks of Canada|national parks]] east of the [[Rocky Mountains]]. The park hosts campgrounds, inland walking trails, annual family events, as well as a national heritage building.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/pn-np/on/lawren/natcul.aspx |title=Thousand Islands National Park of Canada - Natural Wonders & Cultural Treasures |website=Parks Canada |access-date=May 1, 2015}}</ref>

Thirty [[List of New York state parks|New York state parks]] are managed as part of the [[New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation]]'s Thousand Islands Region,<ref name=NYSP>{{cite web |url=http://parks.ny.gov/regions/thousand-islands/default.aspx |title=Thousand Islands Region |publisher=NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation |access-date=November 26, 2016}}</ref> including many on river islands or along the New York shore. Many of these river parks were established in the late 19th and early 20th century as part of the [[St. Lawrence Reservation]],<ref name=FGFC_1901>{{cite book |title=Seventh Annual Report of the Commissioners of Fisheries, Game and Forests of the State of New York |date=January 30, 1902 |chapter=The St. Lawrence Reservation or International Park |author=Strough, Arthur B. |chapter-url=http://nysl.cloudapp.net/awweb/guest.jsp?smd=1&cl=all_lib&lb_document_id=114278 |pages=71–86 |publisher=J.B. Lyon Company, State Printers}}</ref> and were among New York's earliest land acquisitions for the purpose of preservation and recreational development.<ref name=50years>{{cite book |title=Fifty Years: New York State Parks, 1924-1974 |url=http://nysl.cloudapp.net/awweb/guest.jsp?smd=1&cl=all_lib&lb_document_id=104152 |pages=10–12 |publisher=Natural Heritage Trust |date=1975 |author1=Natural Heritage Trust |author2=New York State Office of Parks & Recreation |author3=New York State Council of Parks & Recreation |access-date=November 24, 2016}}</ref> Among the larger parks are [[Wellesley Island State Park]], which includes the largest camping complex in the region,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wellesley Island State Park |publisher=NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation |url=http://parks.ny.gov/parks/52/details.aspx |access-date=November 26, 2016}}</ref> and [[Robert Moses State Park - Thousand Islands|Robert Moses State Park]].

===Other boating, fishing and vacationing locations===
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*One of the few beaches in the Thousand Islands, Potter's Beach (conserved by the Thousand Islands Land Trust) on the American Grindstone Island has a fine, shallow sandy bottom with a very gradual slope, and serves as a location for boats to set anchor and spend a day at the beach or hiking on the trails that extend around Grindstone Island. 
*A popular location for swimming or anchoring out of the wind, the [[Lake of the Isles (New York)|Lake of the Isles]] is a secluded area cut off from the rest of the St. Lawrence River by Wellesley Island and neighboring Canadian Hill Island. Access is limited through two narrow passages, one around the northeastern end of the island, and the other being the International Rift, which is a small, shallow, winding canal that leads you through to the north side of the island passing right underneath the customs bridge.
*Known for its fishing, especially pike, Eel Bay is a shallow bay just southwest of Wellesley Island.
*The Thousand Islands Land Trust (TILT) conserves over {{convert|8500|acres|km2}} of land in the Thousand Islands region.<ref name=TILT_about>{{cite web |url=https://tilandtrust.org/about-tilt |title=About TILT |date=April 2, 2015 |publisher=Thousand Islands Land Trust |access-date=November 26, 2016}}</ref> This land includes many creeks, nature preserves and over {{convert|30|mi}} of trails  open to the public, year-round, free of charge. The Trust's annual series of programs – TILTreks, TeenTreks, KidsTreks and TILTKids Camp – give individuals and families the opportunity to participate in regional field trips and recreational activities as well as attend presentations on wildlife or habitat preservation. TILT's community events help further their conservation efforts in the Thousand Islands region.
[[File:Day51d1000island27.jpg|thumb|right|Powerhouse, [[Heart Island]] (Boldt Castle)]]
*[[Boldt Castle]], a testament of one man's love of his wife, has been under renovation by its owner, the [[Thousand Islands Bridge Authority]] since 1977, and can be visited by boat or tour cruise. This 120-room mansion is on Heart Island just across the shipping channel from Alexandria Bay. The grounds consist of the main castle, the power house, the play house, and a boat house tucked in across the bay on the inside of the island.
*Though not as famous as George Boldt's Castle, [[Singer Castle]] on Dark Island is privately renovated and is open to tourists. Frederick Bourne had his castle constructed with secret passageways and hidden wine cellars so he could spy on his guests while keeping his liquor out of sight during the prohibition era.
*The [[Antique Boat Museum]] in [[Clayton, New York]] houses antique wooden boats used or built in the region.<ref name=ABM_about>{{cite web |url=http://www.abm.org/index.php/about-us/museum-history-3/ |title=Mission & Museum History |date=April 12, 2011 |publisher=Antique Boat Museum |access-date=November 26, 2016}}</ref> The museum also features exhibits on the region's maritime culture and is home to ''La Duchesse'', George Boldt's luxury houseboat.
*Thousand Islands Boat Museum in [[Gananoque]], Ontario is a young, hands-on waterfront museum celebrating the heritage of the St. Lawrence River. Workshops, events and a collection of 36 boats are on offer.<ref name=TIBM_about>{{cite web |url=http://www.tiboatmuseum.org/ |title=Home |publisher=Thousand Islands Boat Museum |access-date=July 12, 2019}}</ref>
*The Thousand Islands also facilitates freshwater shipwreck diving. Numerous wrecks lay at the bottom of the seaway including ''America'', ''Islander'', and ''Keystorm''. There are wrecks that are appropriate for all diving skill levels.

==Aviation and airports==
Passenger air service to the Thousand Islands region is available in both Ontario and New York. [[Watertown International Airport]] (ART) in Watertown, New York has daily service on American Airlines connecting through [[Philadelphia International Airport|Philadelphia]] (PHL). [[Norman Rogers Airport]] (YGK) in Kingston, Ontario offers service on [[FlyGTA Airlines]] connecting through [[Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport]] as well as service out of [[Montréal–Trudeau International Airport]] via [[Pascan Aviation]]. Both airports also offer private aviation services.

Maxson Airfield (FAA LID: 89NY) is a privately owned, private-use general aviation airport {{convert|2|NM|spell=in}} south of the central business district of Alexandria Bay, a village in Jefferson County, New York. It once had commercial service provided by Mohawk Airlines. At that time, the airport bore the IATA airport code AXB. Maxson is available to the public by Maxson Airfield, LLC.

[[Brockville-Thousand Islands Regional Tackaberry Airport]] (IATA: XBR, TC LID: CNL3), also known as Brockville Municipal Airport, is a registered aerodrome in Elizabethtown-Kitley Township, {{convert|4.8|NM}} northwest of the city of Brockville, Ontario, Canada.

==Thousand Island dressing==
{{main|Thousand Island dressing}}
According to ''The Oxford Companion of Food and Drink'', the name for Thousand Island dressing "presumably comes from the Thousand Islands between the United States and Canada in the St. Lawrence River."<ref name="smith2007">{{cite book |editor1-last=Smith |editor1-first=Andrew F. |date=2007 |title=The Oxford Companion of Food and Drink |page=514 |publisher=Oxford University Press US |isbn=978-0-19-530796-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AoWlCmNDA3QC&q=thousand%20island |oclc=71833329}}</ref> However, several different versions of the dressing's origin exist.<ref name="stiles2010">{{cite journal |last1=Stiles |first1=Kaelyn |last2=Altıok |first2=Özlem |last3=Bell |first3=Michael M. |title=The ghosts of taste: food and the cultural politics of authenticity |journal=Agriculture and Human Values |date=March 28, 2010 |volume=28 |issue=2 |pages=225–236 |doi=10.1007/s10460-010-9265-y |s2cid=144478103 |access-date=January 30, 2015 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/225693659}}</ref> One common story describes how a fishing guide's wife, Sophia LaLonde, made the condiment as part of her husband George's shore dinner.<ref name="stiles2010"/> Often in this version, actress [[May Irwin]] requested the recipe after enjoying it.<ref name="mcneese2005">{{cite book |last=McNeese |first=Tim |date=2005 |title=The St. Lawrence River |publisher=Infobase Publishing |isbn=978-0-7910-8245-4 |page=113 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yA0GNpSyKc4C&q=dressing |oclc=56591404}}</ref> Irwin in turn gave it to another Thousand Islands summer resident, [[George Boldt]], who built [[Boldt Castle]] between 1900 and 1904. Boldt, as proprietor of the [[Waldorf-Astoria Hotel]], instructed the hotel's ''[[maître d'hôtel]]'', [[Oscar Tschirky]], to put the dressing on the menu in 1894.<ref name="TID_archiveStory">{{cite web|title=Thousand Island Dressing, Enjoyed around the world and... "Made in Clayton!" |url=http://www.1000-islands.com/dressing |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070627172157/http://www.1000-islands.com/dressing |archive-date=June 27, 2007 |url-status=dead |website=Thousand Islands Inn|access-date=January 29, 2015}}</ref><ref name="stiles2010"/>

Sociologists attempting to determine the true origin of Thousand Island dressing found several conflicting origin stories exist, and they vary between the various islands and villages of the Thousand Islands region. None appear to have any strong written evidence to support their specific claims.<ref name="stiles2010"/>

==Gallery==
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Image:DSCN4270 thousandislands e.jpg|Several of the Thousand Islands viewed from [[New York (state)|New York]] toward [[Ontario]]
Image:Carlb-1000-isles.jpg|Thousand Islands near [[Ivy Lea, Ontario]]
Image:Thousand Islands House.JPG|A house on one of the islands in the region
Image:Thousand Islands single house.jpg|[[Just Room Enough Island]]
</gallery>

==See also==
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* [[Amherst Island]]
* [[Grenadier Island, New York]]
* [[Hochelaga Archipelago]]
* [[Murray Isle]]
* [[Sugar Island (St. Lawrence River)|Sugar Island]]
* [[Southern Ontario]]
* [[Upstate New York]]

==References==
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[[Category:Archipelagoes of Canada]]
[[Category:Archipelagoes of the United States]]