Three Mile Bay is a

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and

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(CDP) in the town of Lyme in Jefferson County,

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, 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

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ed vessels now resting at the bottom of the

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

Education

The school district is the Lyme Central School District.
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