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6 unusual facts about Thousand Islands


Marie Rose sauce

Thousand Island dressing recipe reputedly originated from the Thousand Islands in Ontario, Canada.

New York State Route 12E

In the center of the hamlet, the highway intersects with NY 180, a road leading to Dexter in the south and the Thousand Islands region in the north.

The Night Eternal

Eph determines that the Master originated on one of the Thousand Islands in Lake Ontario.

Thousand Islands

The Thousand Islands gave their name to the popular Thousand Island dressing around the turn of the 20th century when Sophie LaLonde, of Clayton, New York who served the dressing at dinner for guests of her husband, a popular fishing guide, gave the recipe to Clayton hotel owner Ella Bertrand and New York City stage actress May Irwin.

The Thousand Islands Bridge connects New York State and Ontario by traversing Wellesley Island at the northernmost point of Interstate 81 in Jefferson County and meets Highway 137, which leads to Highway 401.

Thousand Island dressing was named for the chain of islands by the actress who popularised the dressing, May Irwin, stating that she thought the chopped vegetables in the dressing looked like the Thousand Islands region.


Camp Tousey

Camp Tousey was a YMCA summer camp located about two miles (3 km) from the village of Redwood in Jefferson County, New York in the United States, and about eight miles (13 km) from Alexandria Bay, New York, a small resort town on the St. Lawrence River in the Thousand Islands area.

Interstate 81 in New York

It passes through the Thousand Islands in its final miles and crosses two bridges, both part of the series of bridges known as the Thousand Islands Bridge.

From here, the freeway heads into the Thousand Islands on the first of several bridges known collectively as the Thousand Islands Bridge.


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Mary-Margaret Humes

Humes competed as Miss Thousand Islands in the 1973 Miss New York State contest, and she won the Miss Florida USA pageant and was third runner up in the 1975 Miss USA pageant behind eventual winner and fellow actress Summer Bartholomew of California.