Deer Island (Thousand Islands) of the Island" Building Ruins - Outlook Building Ruins - Stone Cottage Ruins - Yale University Skull & Bones Society Lodge - The island is covered in indigenous trees, made up of mostly White Pine, Black Oak, Hemlock, and Sugar Maple — typical of the Canadian Shield — as is much of the surrounding area. There are several abandoned ruins located throughout the island, now overgrown and barely visible beneath the growth. 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
Thousand Islands throughout the year and support a living tree. Many of the islands are publicly owned. A group of 21 islands form the Thousand Islands National Park, the oldest of Canada's national parks east of the Rocky Mountains. The park hosts campgrounds, inland walking trails, annual family events, as well as a national heritage building. Thirty New York state parks are managed as part of the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation's Thousand Islands Region, including many that are located on river islands or along the New York shore. Many of these river parks were established in