Thousand Islands the late 19th and early 20th century as part of the St. Lawrence Reservation, and were among New York's earliest land acquisitions for the purpose of preservation and recreational development. Among the larger parks are Wellesley Island State Park, which includes the largest camping complex in the region, and Robert Moses State Park. Passenger air service to the Thousand Islands region is available in both Ontario and New York. Watertown International Airport (ART) in Watertown, New York has daily service on American Airlines connecting through Philadelphia (PHL). Norman Rogers Airport (YGK) in Kingston, Ontario offers daily service on Air Canada
North American river otter component of their diets. They are less likely to be prey for the North American river otters since they are fast-swimming and can find good escape cover. However, river otters will prey on trout, pike, walleye ("Sander vitreus vitreus"), salmon ("Oncorhynchus" spp.), and other game fish during spawning. Adult North American river otters are capable of consuming of fish per day. A study conducted on captive otters revealed they preferred larger fish, ranging from , more than smaller fish, ranging from , and they had difficulty catching fish species less than or larger than . Otters are known to take