Dewolf Point State Park is a
state park
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on
Wellesley Island
Wellesley Island in Jefferson County, New York, United States is partially in the Town of Orleans and partially in the Town of Alexandria.
History
The island was named Wells Island but during his 1815 survey of the US-Canada border renamed by ...
in the
St. Lawrence River
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. The park is situated within the
Town of Orleans in
Jefferson County,
New York
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. The park was established in 1898 as part of the
St. Lawrence Reservation
The St. Lawrence Reservation (originally known as the State Reservation on the St. Lawrence) was a former protected area established by the state of New York in the Thousand Islands region along the St. Lawrence River in the late 19th century. ...
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Park description
Facilities offered by the park include a gazebo, a boat launch and docks, cabins, fishing, picnic tables, and a campground with tent and trailer sites.[ The park has views overlooking ]Lake of the Isles
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.
The park is easily accessible to visitors, being close to Interstate 81
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, which links northwards to Highway 401
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is a controlled-access 400-series highway in the Canadian provin ...
in Ontario
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, Canada. The park is the first recreational area which visitors from Canada come to, when crossing into the United States
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over the Thousand Islands Bridge
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.
The park is open from late April to mid-September.[
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See also
* List of New York state parks
This is a list of state parks in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. Also listed are state golf courses, seasonal hunting areas, and ''former'' state parks.
In New York, state parks are managed by the New York State Office of Parks, Re ...
References
External links
New York State Parks: Dewolf Point State Park
State parks of New York (state)
Thousand Islands
Parks in Jefferson County, New York
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