Thousand Islands Thousand Islands The Thousand Islands constitute an archipelago of 1,864 islands that straddles the Canada–US border in the Saint Lawrence River as it emerges from the northeast corner of Lake Ontario. They stretch for about downstream from Kingston, Ontario. The Canadian islands are in the province of Ontario and the U.S. islands in the state of New York. The islands range in size from over to smaller islands occupied by a single residence, or uninhabited outcroppings of rocks. To count as one of the Thousand Islands, emergent land within the river channel must have at least of land above water
North American river otter spp.), daces ("Rhinichthys" spp.), shiners ("Notropis" and "Richardsonius" spp.), and squawfishes ("Ptychocheilus" spp.); and Ictaluridae, which consists of bullheads and catfish ("Ictalurus" spp.). Other fish an integral part of the North American river otters' diets are those that are often plentiful and found in large schools: sunfish ("Lepomis" spp.); darters ("Etheostoma" spp.); and perches ("Perca" spp.). Bottom-dwelling species, which have the tendency to remain immobile until a predator is very close, are susceptible to North American river otters. These include mudminnows ("Umbra limi") and sculpins ("Cottus" spp.). Game fish, such as trout (Salmonidae) and pike (Esocidae), are not a significant