Thousand Islands Parkway Thousand Islands Parkway The Thousand Islands Parkway or TIP is a parkway in the Canadian province of Ontario, which extends easterly from an interchange with Highway 401 in Gananoque for approximately to the community of Butternut Bay, in Elizabethtown-Kitley, west of Brockville. The parkway follows the north shore of the St. Lawrence River, and was formerly designated Highway 2S (for Scenic). It was constructed as a primary freeway segment in the Toronto-Montréal corridor during the late 1930s. The 1000 Islands Bridge opened in 1938, during the parkway's construction. The parkway was signed as part of Ontario Highway 401 when the
Thousand Islands Bridge corporation, whose seven board members are appointed by the Jefferson County Board of Legislators. Four board members are US citizens and three are Canadian citizens. The Thousand Islands Bridge Authority also maintains and administers Boldt Castle. Tolls are paid only by cash, or with a Commuter Discount Fare Card, which is good for either 16 trips (US$20.00) or 72 trips (US$32.00). No electronic toll collection transponders are currently offered or accepted, although the Bridge Authority has joined the multi-state E-ZPass consortium and was planning to introduce ETC in 2019. The Bridge Authority offers sales of transponders of Florida's SunPass, for