Deer Island (Thousand Islands) Deer Island (Thousand Islands) Deer Island is one of the American Thousand Islands. It lies between mainland Canada and United States, within the Saint Lawrence River, in the Town of Alexandria, close to Alexandria Bay, New York. It is owned entirely by the Russell Trust Association and is used as a Skull and Bones retreat. The island lies near Boldt Castle and can be seen up close from several Canadian and U.S. tour vessels that operate in the local waterways. The land on the island is densely overgrown, with a small lodge on the southern corner of the island. "Foot
Thousand Islands (Cocoa Beach) Several areas of the Thousand Islands were filled but not fully developed, leaving large areas of uplands. During the late 1960s Brevard County Mosquito Control began dredging the Thousand Islands south of Minutemen Causeway, resulting in conversion of salt marsh to upland dredge spoil with the state-owned C-34 impoundment. Native wetlands are dominated by red, black, and white mangroves. Succulent marsh contains saltwort, annual glasswort, perennial glasswort, sea blight, and shoreline seapurslane. The transition zone between salt marsh and upland is dominated by bushy seaside oxeye ("Borrichia frutescens" (L.) DC.) and buttonwood ("Conocarpus erectus" L.). Transition areas dominated by graminoid