Zavikon Island refers to either the larger or the pair of islands in the

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archipelago on the

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between

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, two kilometres (1¼ miles) southeast of Rockport, Ontario and about north of the international boundary. As confirmed by the Canadian Department of Natural Resources, Zavikon Island is located in Canadian territory and is part of the township of

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in The United Counties of Leeds and Grenville.

Overview

The smaller and more southeasterly of the pair of islands is sometimes called Little Zavikon Island. It has a US-Canada Boundary Commission reference monument, from which, along with other reference monuments on the shore and islands, surveying measurement are used to calculate the international boundary line turning points in the waterway (in this case, about southeast of the southern tip of Little Zavikon Island as shown on the largest scale

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map of the area). A popular but incorrect tale among local guides is that the larger island is in Canada, while "Little Zavikon Island" is in the United States, and the footbridge between them is the "shortest international bridge in the world", as both islands are in fact in Canada.

References

External links

"The World's Shortest International Bridge."
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