Wellesley Island portions of the Thousand Islands Bridge, Jefferson County Routes 100 and 191 serve the island. Wellesley Island Wellesley Island in Jefferson County, New York, United States is partially in the Town of Orleans and partially in the Town of Alexandria. The island was named Wells Island but during his 1815 survey of the US-Canada border renamed by Captain William Fitzwilliam Owen to the current name to honor Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. Several prominent points in and around the island were named after the Duke's victorious battles. None of those names stuck. The large bay around which the island
Wellesley High School as to have the children taught by the students who have taken an interest in early childhood development. Students at WHS may take classes at Wellesley College without paying tuition, provided that the classes are not offered at WHS. Wellesley is a member of the METCO Program, which gives inner-city students access to a better education, by busing them in from the City of Boston. Students out of school for an extended period of time due to hospitalization are eligible for this support program. It is run by former Magic 106.7 DJ Adam Diliberto and Social Worker Lindsey Slotnick. Wellesley