Thousand Islands

plural noun

a group of about 1500 islands in S Canada and the N United States, in the St. Lawrence River at the outlet of Lake Ontario: summer resorts.

Thousand Islands

plural noun

a group of about 1500 islands between the US and Canada, in the upper St Lawrence River: administratively divided between the two countries

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New York’s 21st Congressional District borders Canada and Vermont — and includes the Adirondack Mountains, the Thousand Islands region and Fort Drum‚ home of the Army’s legendary 10th Mountain Division.

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Hundreds of miles to the east and west of Guam, a thousand islands and atolls make up Palau, the Marshall Islands and Micronesia, their 200,000 citizens caught in a vortex of geopolitical competition between the United States and China.

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For sale: Saint Marys Island, a one-acre “breathtaking” private island located on Alexandria Bay, New York, in the Thousand Islands region east of Lake Ontario.

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Right now, he’s keeping half his portfolio in cash — and is taking a fishing trip to the Thousand Islands in a couple of weeks to clear his head.

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A U.S. and a Canadian flag flutter at the Canada-United States border crossing at the Thousand Islands Bridge in Lansdowne, Ontario, Canada September 28, 2020.

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Thousand Island dressing thousand-jacket

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