Horse Island
Horse island is a historical site recognized in many primary sourced letters and battle records. It is an egg-shaped island with an area of about 24 acres, located in Sackets Harbor on Lake Ontario in upstate New York.- Type: Island
- Description: island in Jefferson County, New York, United States
- Also known as: “Horse Island, New York”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Horse Island Light.
Horse Island Light
Lighthouse
Horse Island Light, also known as Sackets Harbor Light, is located on Horse Island in Sackets Harbor, Jefferson County in New York on Lake Ontario. In July 2017 the 24-acre island was acquired for preservation by the Civil War Trust, aided by a grant from the National Park Service.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sackets Harbor.
Sackets Harbor
Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sackets Harbor is a village of 1450 people on Lake Ontario in Northern New York. It was a naval base which withstood two Canadian attacks in battles during the War of 1812; its arch-nemesis was the British fortification at Kingston in Upper Canada.
Horse Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Jefferson, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
“Horse Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Horse Island”
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