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Thousand Islands
The St. Lawrence opens into a maze of islands, boat tours and river towns on both the Canadian and American shores, from Kingston down to Brockville.
Photo: Kingston City Hall, Ontario, DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Thousand Islands, Ontario · Canada
Kingston
A limestone city, a fortress, and the start of the Thousand Islands.
Thousand Islands, Ontario · Canada
Gananoque
Boat tours among the Thousand Islands, and a riverside summer theatre.
Thousand Islands, Ontario · Canada
Brockville
A stone river city at the east end of the Canadian Thousand Islands, with a free waterfront trail, Canada's first railway tunnel and a harbour on the St. Lawrence.
Thousand Islands, New York · United States
Alexandria Bay and Clayton
Two river villages on the American side of the Thousand Islands, with an unfinished castle, granite parks and a museum of wooden boats.
Ready-made trips in this area
3 days · Kingston → Prince Edward County
Limestone city and the dunes
Kingston's fort and islands, the free Glenora ferry, then Sandbanks and County villages.
3 days · Gananoque → Kingston → Ottawa
Thousand Islands to the capital
Island cruises, a limestone fortress city, then up the Rideau corridor to Ottawa.
2 days · Alexandria Bay and Clayton
Alexandria Bay and Clayton
Two American river villages, a land-trust trail, and a boat to Heart Island.
2 days · Brockville
Brockville and the river
A waterfront walk, Canada's first railway tunnel, and a boat among the islands.