Three Mile Bay is a

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census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the count ...

(CDP) in the town of Lyme in Jefferson County, New York, United States. The elevation is . As of the 2010 census it had a population of 227. The hamlet has its own post office, a volunteer fire company, and boat launches for fishing and recreation in the various outlying bays that draw from Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence seaway.

History

The community was settled between 1810 and 1820. Early resident Asa Wilcox built 48 brigs, propellers, schooners, and other seafaring vessels from 1835 to 1853. Some of these vessels, like the '' A.E. Vickery'', ultimately joined the more than 500 shipwrecked vessels now resting at the bottom of the

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Lake Ontario Lake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is bounded on the north, west, and southwest by the Canadian province of Ontario, and on the south and east by the U.S. state of New York. The Canada–United States border ...

Geography

Three Mile Bay is in western Jefferson County, at the head of a bay of the same name, an inlet to Chaumont Bay of Lake Ontario. The community is in the western part of the town of Lyme along

New York State Route 12E New York State Route 12E (NY 12E) is a state highway located entirely within the northwestern part of Jefferson County in northern New York in the United States. The southern terminus is at NY 12F in the village of Brownville. ...

, which leads northwest to Cape Vincent on the St. Lawrence River and southeast to

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, the Jefferson

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. According to the

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, the Three Mile Bay CDP has an area of , all land.

Demographics

References

{{authority control Hamlets in New York (state) Census-designated places in New York (state) Census-designated places in Jefferson County, New York Hamlets in Jefferson County, New York