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to the 1000 Islands region of upstate New York
and Southeastern Ontario. This site is intended
to be your one stop for information on the 1000
Islands region and its local business. The
Thousand Islands is a pristine resort community
surrounded by Lake Ontario, the Adirondack
Mountains and the mighty St. Lawrence River.  The St. Lawrence River, flowing in
from Lake Ontario becomes in the course of a few
miles, so wide and so full of islands that it was
called the Lake of the 1000 Islands. To the
Indians it was known as “Manatoana” or
Garden of the Great Spirit. As a vacation
paradise it is world renowned. The river, 15
miles at its source, gradually narrows to five
miles in width, and the islands over 1800 of
them, vary in size from mere points of rock to
those of several square miles in area. They
extend from Cape Vincent to Ogdensburg, a
distance of 50 miles. The 1000 Islands-Seaway
Region boasts some of the very best sportfishing
opportunities in the nation all year-round
whether you're a novice or an avid angler. It's
not unusual to see a professional bass or salmon
tournament underway on the St. Lawrence, Lake
Ontario, or Oneida Lake. The eastern shoreline of
Lake Ontario is known worldwide as a mecca for
salmon, brown and lake trout fisherman, and the
bass and pike fishing in the St. Lawrence, Black,
Salmon, and Oswego rivers is great. The muskie
fishing in the St. Lawrence River and the walleye
fishing in Oneida Lake are legendary. The Eastern
Lake Ontario tributaries also form one of the
finest winter steelhead fisheries in the
Northeast.
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