Grindstone Island
Grindstone Island is the fourth largest of the Thousand Islands in the St. Lawrence River and the second largest of the American islands in the St. Lawrence.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: island in the St. Lawrence River in Jefferson County, New York, United States
- Also known as: “Grindstone Island (USA)” and “Grindstone Island, New York”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Calumet Island.
Calumet Island
Islet
Calumet Island is an island on the St. Lawrence River, located in the Town of Clayton in Jefferson County, New York. The island formerly featured one of the earliest examples of the large castles built in the Thousand Islands region during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, of which Boldt Castle is a surviving example. Calumet Island is situated 2 miles southeast of Grindstone Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Clayton and Thousand Island Park.
Clayton
Clayton and Alexandria Bay are small villages in northern New York which, along with Cape Vincent serve as US points of access to the Thousand Islands.Thousand Island Park
Hamlet
Thousand Island Park, also known as TI Park, is a hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Orleans, Jefferson County, New York, United States, in the Thousand Islands region on the St. Thousand Island Park is situated 4½ miles east of Grindstone Island.
Gananoque
Photo: Mykola Swarnyk, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gananoque is a town of about 5,400 people in Eastern Ontario in the Thousand Islands region on the St. Lawrence River.
Grindstone Island
- Categories: river island and landform
- Location: Jefferson, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Slovenian—“Grindstone Island” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Grindstone Island”
- Cebuano: “Grindstone Island”
- Japanese: “グラインドストーン島”
- Slovenian: “Grindstone Island”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Upper Town Landing and Lower Town Landing.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Aunt Janes Bay and Boscobel Island.
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