Thousand Islands National Park

Thousand Islands National Park
Aerial view of the park
Coordinates: 44 ° 24 '52 "  N , 75 ° 52' 23"  W.
Location:	Ontario , Canada
Next city:	Brockville
Surface:	8.7 km²
Founding:	1904
Visitors:	90,961 (2016/2017)
Thousand Islands Bridge

The 9 km² large and 1904 founded Thousand Islands National Park ( French Parc national du Canada des Mille-Îles , English Thousand Islands National Park of Canada ) is a Canadian national park in the southeast of the province of Ontario in eastern Canada . It is the smallest of the Canadian national parks and was called St. Lawrence Islands National Park until 2013 . It was renamed on March 28, 2013 to have the natural area in its name. The park is part of the much larger Frontenac Arch Biosphere Reserve , which was established in 2002 and which also includes the Algonquin Provincial Park .

The park is located in the Thousand Islands region on or in the Saint Lawrence River . It extends between Howe Island at the eastern end of Lake Ontario and the community of Mallorytown , where the park's visitor center is also located. The national park comprises 22 areas, three of which are on the mainland. The other parts of the reserve are located on the islands or the Admiralty Islands, East Islands, Grenadier Island, Kingston Islands, Lake Fleet Islands, Middle Islands and Navy Islands. On the mainland, Ontario Highway 401 runs parallel to the park, while Highway 137, which branches off from Highway 401 to the south, crosses the park in the Middle Islands (Georgina Island, Constance Island and Hill Island) on the Thousand Islands Bridge .

Web links

Commons : Thousand Islands  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Parc national du Canada des Mille-Îles , on Parcs Canada , (French, English)
• Thousand Islands National Park ( English, French ) In: The Canadian Encyclopedia .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Government of Canada Names Thousand Islands National Park. Parks Canada , March 28, 2013, accessed April 11, 2013 . 
2. ↑ UNESCO Biosphere Reserves. Frontenac Arch. In: Ecological Sciences for Sustainable Development. UNESCO , accessed on May 25, 2019 .