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NASA image of Wolfe Island. Kingston, Ontario is in the upper left of the image and upstate New York is the landmass in the right corner.

Wolfe Island is the largest of the Thousand Islands, and is located at the entrance to the St. Lawrence River in Lake Ontario. It is a piece of land situated between Kingston, Ontario and Cape Vincent, New York. Wolfe Island is included in Frontenac County and the Township of Frontenac Islands. The largest settlement on the island is the village of Marysville.

The island is about 29 kilometres (18 miles) long, with its width varying from around 9 kilometres (6 miles) to a few hundred metres at some points; its area is about 124 square kilometres (48 square miles). To put this into perspective, Wolfe Island is twice the size of the island of Manhattan which is 59.1 square kilometres (22.8 square miles). (Full article...)