Video: Thousand Islands - an amazing archipelago on the border of Canada and the United States
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Thousand Islands - a unique natural landmark on the border of Canada and the United States. it huge archipelagoconsisting of 1864 islands. The chain of islands stretches 80 km along the St. Lawrence River from its very source, Lake Ontario. People have settled on the larger islands, migratory birds occasionally fly to very tiny ones.
The exact number of islands was determined according to the following criteria: firstly, the island must remain non-flooded all year round, and secondly, at least one tree must grow on it. The minimum size of the island is 0.1 m² (that is, 1 square foot), the maximum is 100 km².
The largest island in this archipelago is Wolfe, but it can also be explored on foot. It is 29 km long and 9 km wide. The island has a permanent population of 1,400. Wolfe's antagonist island is an island with the self-explanatory name "Just Room Enough". Indeed, only one house and a couple of benches in the yard can be located on it. Despite its tiny size, even such a "personal" island turned out to be inhabited (how can you not remember the hermit house in the middle of the Drina River in Serbia, which we have already told the readers of the site Kulturologiya. RF about).
People successfully live on most of the islands of the archipelago today, most often it is possible to build a small house, and everything you need is brought here by ferries from the mainland. The islands have many benefits of civilization, almost all of them are electrified and there is a telephone connection, which is carried out via an underwater cable laid from island to island.
About twenty islands from the Thousand Islands archipelago form the Canadian National Park, one of the oldest in the country. The park is equipped with camping sites, there are hiking trails, this is an ideal place for a quiet family vacation. Attractions include the castle of the hotel tycoon Boldt (unfortunately not open today), the museum of ancient ships and the castle of the Singer corporation, open to visitors.
In 2002, the archipelago received the status of a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.
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