LAKE OF THE THOUSAND ISLES, in British North America, is a creek on the N.E. side of Lake Ontario, and forms the commencement of the River St Lawrence. Extending in a N.E. direction from Kingston, it is
Lake of the 40 miles in length; its greatest breadth is 15 miles. The islands with which it is studded amount to about 1700. Wolfe Island, the largest, is 10 miles in length, by 6 miles in breadth.