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 openings in the ice, and may excavate passages in beaver dams for accessing open water. North American river otters are highly mobile and have the capacity of traveling up to in one day. Daily movements of yearling males and females in Idaho averaged in spring, in summer, and in autumn, respectively. Daily movements of family groups averaged in spring, summer, and winter, respectively. Both males and family groups travel drastically less during winter. North American river otters are renowned for their sense of play. Otter play mostly consists of wrestling with conspecifics. Chasing is also a common game. North American