Just Room Enough Island

Just Room Enough
Geography
Location Thousand Islands
Coordinates 44°20′33.5″N 75°55′29.5″W / 44.342639°N 75.924861°W / 44.342639; -75.924861Coordinates: 44°20′33.5″N 75°55′29.5″W / 44.342639°N 75.924861°W / 44.342639; -75.924861
Archipelago Thousand Islands
Administration
State New York
County Jefferson
Town Alexandria
Village Alexandria Bay
Another view of the island

Just Room Enough Island, also known as Hub Island is the smallest inhabited island, located in the United States in the Thousand Islands. The island appears to be around 3,300 square feet, or about one-thirteenth of an acre. Purchased by the Sizeland family in the 1950s, the island has a house, a tree, shrubs, and a small beach.[1]

History

The island was bought in the 1950s by the Sizeland family, who wanted a holiday getaway and built a house there.[2] Because of the island's small size, in 2010, the Washington Post stated, "One misstep and you're swimming".[3]

Geography

Just Room Enough lies on the Saint Lawrence River, between Heart Island and Imperial Isle, is close to Belle Island, Wellesley Island and to the US border with Canada. It belongs to Alexandria Bay,[4] a village part of the town of Alexandria, in Jefferson County, New York.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Article on MSN
  2. ↑ Article on urbo.com
  3. ↑ Article on The Washington Post
  4. ↑ 176006 Alexandria Bay, New York on OpenStreetMap

Media related to Just Room Enough Island at Wikimedia Commons

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.