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July 10, 2004:
Keewaydin State Park — A View of the St Lawrence River
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July 10, 2004:
Keewaydin State Park — Hamish's View of the St Lawrence River
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Keewaydin State Park
Keewaydin State Park is on the St. Lawrence River. The park's terrain includes
steep, rocky outcroppings between the campsites and the shoreline, providing
vantage points for watching the ocean-going vessels traversing the river.
The St. Lawrence River, flowing in from Lake Ontario becomes in the course
of a few miles, so wide and so full of islands that it was called the Lake of
the 1000 Islands. To the Indians it was known as "Manatoana" or Garden
of the Great Spirit. The river, 15 miles at its source, gradually narrows to
five miles in width, and the islands over 1800 of them, vary in size from mere
points of rock to those of several square miles in area, their borders shared
with the NY State and Ontario, Canada. They extend from Cape Vincent, NY to
Ogdensburg, a distance of 50 miles.
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