Just Room Enough Island

Coordinates: 44°20′33.5″N 75°55′29.5″W / 44.342639°N 75.924861°W / 44.342639; -75.924861
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Just Room Enough
Map
Geography
LocationThousand Islands
Coordinates44°20′33.5″N 75°55′29.5″W / 44.342639°N 75.924861°W / 44.342639; -75.924861
ArchipelagoThousand Islands
Administration
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 (x a j h) Alexandria Bay, New York on OpenStreetMap

External links

Media related to Just Room Enough Island at Wikimedia Commons

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