Alexandria Bay
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 Lobster restaurant in the city center |
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| Location in New York | |||
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| Foundation : | 1818 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | new York | ||
| County : | Jefferson County | ||
| Coordinates : | 44 ° 20 ′ N , 75 ° 55 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 1,078 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 539 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 4.0 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) of which 2.0 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 74 m | ||
| Postal code : | 13607 | ||
| Area code : | +1 315 | ||
| FIPS : | 36-01187 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 2391507 | ||
| Website : | www.alexandria-bay.ny.us | ||
Alexandria Bay is a town in Jefferson County in the US state of New York . It belongs to the municipality of Alexandria and has 1,078 inhabitants on an area of 4 km², half of which is covered by the water surface of the St. Lawrence River .
geography
Geographical location
The settlement is located on a bay of the St. Lawrence River, in the middle of which the border with Canada runs. It is located at the northern end of the Thousand Islands , a group of islands in the stream. The community includes Keewaydin Point State Park and Grass Point State Park . The structure of the terrain is shaped as a glacial ground moraine landscape , which excludes elevations worth mentioning.
Surrounding communities
All distances are given as straight lines between the official coordinates of the places from the 2010 census.
- Northeast: Brockville, Canada, 16.7 mi
- South: Fort Drum , 10 mi
- Southwest: Clayton , 11.7 mi
- West: Kingston, Canada, 39 mi
climate
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Monthly average temperatures and rainfall for Alexandria Bay, New York
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The mean average temperature in Alexandria Bay is between -7.5 ° C in January and 20.9 ° C in July. This means that compared to the long-term mean of New York in the winter half year, the place is about 2.5 degrees cooler than the mean of the state, while in the summer half year the mean values of New York are only slightly below. The snowfall between October and April is 165.6 cm with peaks of 16 inches in December, 44.2 cm in January and 16 inches in February.
history
The first European visitors came to the area of Alexandria Bay around 1804 via the St. Lawrence River: The bay offered a natural harbor, which was also used by the first colonists. In 1816 the era of steamships on the river began, so that the bay was prepared for the construction of a village from 1818 and a landing stage was built. The regular steamboat trips connected Sackets Harbor on Lake Ontario, Cape Vincent , Clayton and Alexandria Bay.
Settlement began in 1818 with a log house; the first house made of beams and boards was built in 1820, and the first school in 1821. In 1828 a customs house followed that managed the transition to the Canadian side of the river. The Sunken Rock Lighthouse followed in 1847 : a lighthouse that secured the passage through the Thousand Islands. At that time, Alexandria Bay was an important port of call for steamers because they were loaded with firewood here. In 1848 both the first hotel and the first church were built, which was used for public services from 1851, and in 1860 the village consisted of 24 houses.
Although a shipyard built small sailing boats and occasionally steamships, Alexandria Bay was never an important industrial location. Instead, it was known as a summer resort and fishing area from around 1845 due to its location on the Thousand Islands. Tourism in the area achieved a great boom when the then President of the United States, Ulysses Grant, and his family and friends accepted the invitation of his friend George W. Pullman to stay in a holiday home on one of the islands off the town. As a result, two more large hotels were built by 1873, which further promoted tourism.
One of the tourists who discovered the Thousand Islands during this period was George Boldt , General Manager of the New York Grand Hotel Waldorf Astoria . He first built a summer residence on Hearts Island, one of the islands off Alexandria Bay, which he designed from 1900 into a castle based on the Rhenish buildings. After the sudden death of his wife in 1904, he left the building unfinished; It was not until 1974 that the Thousand Island Bridge Authority bought the ruins and turned it into a luxury hotel. This structure, called Boldt Castle , is now one of the main attractions of the Alexandria Bay community.
Religions
Several religious communities are active in the village: the First Methodist Episcopal Church , Saint Cyril's Roman Catholic Church , the Reformed Church of the Thousand Isles, the Saint Lawrence Episcopal Church and the Alexandria Bay Baptist Church .
Population development
| year | 1800 | 1810 | 1820 | 1830 | 1840 | 1850 | 1860 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 |
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| Residents | 587 | 1123 | ||||||||
| year | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 |
| Residents | 1511 | 1899 | 1649 | 1952 | 1748 | 1688 | 1583 | 1440 | 1265 | 1194 |
| year | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2030 | 2040 | 2050 | 2060 | 2070 | 2080 | 2090 |
| Residents | 1088 | 1078 |
Culture and sights
Sports
With the Thousand Islands Privateers , an ice hockey team is based in Alexandria Bay, who were co-founders of the Federal Hockey League and have played in this league ever since.
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
In addition to the port, which is primarily used for leisure and excursion traffic, also across the Canadian border, Alexandria Bay is connected to the inner-American transport network via Interstate 81 . There are also several private airports in the area; one of them, Maxsons Airfield about four kilometers away , used to be served by a commercial airline and therefore bears the IATA code AXB.
Public facilities
Alexandria Bay has its own hospital and emergency room.
education
A primary school, a middle school and a high school are located in Alexandria Bay, so that schooling up to 12th grade is possible on site. The nearest colleges are in Watertown and Canton , the nearest universities are in Canton and Potsdam .
Personalities
sons and daughters of the town
- John Cosgrove (1839–1925), politician and representative of the State of Missouri in the US House of Representatives
Personalities who have worked on site
- Frederick Exley (1929-1992), writer. Lived and wrote in Alexandria Bay.
literature
- John Homer French: Gazetteer of the State of New York . RP Smith, Syracuse, NY 1860 ( archive.org [PDF; 63.8 MB ; accessed on August 25, 2015]).
- Hamilton Child: Geographical gazetteer of Jefferson county, NY, 1685-1890 . The Syracuse journal company, Syracuse, NY 1890, pp. 247 f . ( archive.org [PDF; 96.5 MB ; accessed on September 28, 2015]).
Web links
- Homepage of the municipality (English)
- Official site of the Alexandria Bay Chamber of Commerce (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alexandria Bay in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System ; accessed on September 23, 2015
- ↑ The coordinates come from a frequently updated file that can be downloaded from the USGS website . Because of the frequent extensions, only the link to the page with the current download is stored here; the data status used here is August 11, 2015.
- ↑ a b List of active communities and schools at city-data.com (English)
- ↑ Population 1890–2010 according to census results