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St. Lawrence County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 111,944.
The county seat is Canton.
The county is named for the Saint Lawrence River, which in turn was named for the Christian saint Lawrence of Rome, on whose Feast day the river was discovered by French explorer Jacques Cartier.
Kring Point State Park is a 61-acre (0.25 km2) state park located on the St. Lawrence River in the Town of Alexandria in Jefferson County, New York. The park is north of Alexandria Bay near the St. Lawrence County line and is connected to NY 12 by Kring Point Road.
The Champlain Valley is a region of the United States around Lake Champlain in Vermont and New York extending north slightly into Quebec, Canada. It is part of the St. Lawrence River drainage basin, drained northward by the Richelieu River into the St. Lawrence at Sorel-Tracy, Quebec. The Richelieu valley is not generally referred to as part of the Champlain Valley.
The Raquette River, sometimes spelled Racquette, originates at Raquette Lake in the Adirondack Mountains in New York. 146 miles (235 km) long, it is the third longest river entirely in the state of New York.
Waterson Point State Park is a six-acre (2.4 ha) state park located on Wellesley Island in the St. Lawrence River in the Town of Orleans in Jefferson County, New York. It is near Wellesley Island State Park.
St. Lawrence State Park Golf Course is a 316-acre (1.28 km2) state park and golf course located in the town of Oswegatchie on the St. Lawrence River between the town of Morristown and the city of Ogdensburg in St. Lawrence County, New York.
The North Country is a region of the U.S. state of New York that encompasses the state's extreme northern frontier, bordering Lake Ontario on the west, the Saint Lawrence River and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec on the north and northwest, and Lake Champlain and Vermont on the east. Generally speaking, the North Country is understood to be that portion of northern New York which lies outside the Adirondack Park and consists of mostly level lands or the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains, but is not within the Adirondack range itself. New York's North Country shares with Ontario the Thousand Islands, an archipelago within the Saint Lawrence River. The region is the most sparsely populated but is also the geographically largest, in New York. At the 2010 United States Census, the population of all six counties is 428,357.
Buildings, sites, districts, and objects in New York listed on the National Register of Historic Places:
The 31st Congressional District of New York was a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in New York. It was eliminated as a result of the 2000 Census. It was last represented by Amo Houghton who was redistricted into the 29th District.
Panther Peak is a mountain located in Essex County, New York.
The mountain is part of the Santanoni Mountains of the Adirondacks.
Panther Peak is flanked to the west by Couchsachraga Peak, and to the south by Santanoni Peak.
Street Mountain is a mountain located in Essex County, New York, named after Alfred Billings Street (1811–1881), a poet and New York State Librarian.
The mountain is the high point of the Street Range of the Adirondack Mountains.
Street's northeast ridge is Nye Mountain.
Lyon Mountain is a mountain located in Clinton County, New York, of which its peak is the highest point.
The mountain is named for Nathaniel Lyon, an early settler of the area who moved from Vermont in 1803 and died circa 1850.
Black Mountain is a mountain located in Washington County, New York, of which its peak is the highest point.
Isolated from the rest of the Adirondack Mountains by Lake George, Black Mtn. has the seventh highest topographic prominence of all the mountains in New York.
Wallface Mountain is a mountain located in Essex County, New York.
The mountain is named after the cliff on its southeastern side.
Wallface is flanked to the west by MacNaughton Mountain, and faces Mount Marshall to the southeast across Indian Pass.
Croil Island is a 796-acre (3.22 km2) uninhabited island on the St. Lawrence River in the Town of Louisville in St. Lawrence County, New York, United States. The island is currently occupied by the undeveloped Croil Island State Park.
Peter Lawrence is the Assembly member for the 134th District of the New York State Assembly. He is a Republican. The district includes of Hilton, Spencerport and Greece in Monroe County.
Galop Island is an uninhabited island in the Saint Lawrence River located in St. Lawrence County, northeast of Ogdensburg, New York. The 675-acre (2.73 km2) island is owned by the New York Power Authority and managed by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation as the undeveloped Galop Island State Park.
