Leek Island
Leek Island is an islet in Ontario, Canada. Leek Island is situated nearby to the hamlet Grindstone, as well as near the town Gananoque.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada
- Also known as: “Thwartway Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include 1000 Islands History Museum and St. John’s Church.
1000 Islands History Museum
Museum
Photo: Pierre André Leclercq, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The 1000 Islands History Museum is a museum in Gananoque, Ontario, Canada, that interprets the history and ecology of Gananoque and the 1000 Islands. It was once the site of a railway. 1000 Islands History Museum is situated 3½ km north of Leek Island.
St. John’s Church
Church
Photo: Mykola Swarnyk, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. John’s Church is situated 4 km north of Leek Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gananoque and Clayton.
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.
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 10 km east of Leek Island.
Leek Island
- Categories: island, locality, and landform
- Location: Ontario, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
44.29275° or 44° 17′ 34″ northLongitude
-76.15082° or 76° 9′ 3″ westElevation
73 metres (240 feet)Open location code
87P57RVX+4MOpenStreetMap ID
way 42421182OpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Leek Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Leek Island”
- French: “Leek Island (Canada, Ontario)”
- Swedish: “Leek Island”
- Turkish: “Leek Adası”
- Turkish: “Leek Island”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Grindstone and Gananoque.
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