Welcome to The Island ...
Although we found mention of The Island during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how The Island was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..
We've added The Island to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with The Island, please Contact Us.
We aren't confident of the location of The Island, so consider the above location as an estimate.<2>
Time Zone: The area where we believe that The Island might be (or was) located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: EST- Heure Normale de l'Est (HNE), EDT- Heure Avancée de l'Est (HAE).
We believe that The Island would be found within the (613) and (343)<3> area codes.
Communities Also Named The Island ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 20 communities that are also named The Island - they are located in Arkansas, Delaware (2), Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas (2), Vermont and Virginia.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for The Island.
Communities near The Island ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near The Island.
- Brockville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Ogdensburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ogdensburg have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdensburg
- Ogdensburg is located in Saint Lawrence County (NY)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,388 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ogdensburg <4>
- Prescott
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Merrickville - Wolford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Waddington
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Heuvelton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Morristown
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morristown have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
- Morristown is located in Saint Lawrence County (NY)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 376 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Morristown <4>
- Garretton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garretton came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garretton
- Glen Smail
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glen Smail came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Smail
- McCarleys Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.
We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around The Island. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for The Island.
We have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around The Island. See our Newspapers Page for The Island.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for The Island ...
Looking for more information about The Island? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.
While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to The Island, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for The Island.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went south past The Island and then turned east". While The Island could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added The Island as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Miller Creek to see Pete ... Miller Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that The Island could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <3> | Area code (343) is an overlay for area code (613). |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <6> | If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database. |