Wellesley Island
Coordinates: 44°19′N 76°00′W / 44.317°N 76.000°W
Wellesley Island in Jefferson County, New York, United States is partially in the Town of Orleans and partially in the Town of Alexandria.
The island was named Wells Island but renamed by Captain William Fitzwilliam Owen to the current name. There is no indication whom it was named for, but likely for Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley.
The island is located 44°19′N 76°00′W / 44.317°N 76.000°W in the St. Lawrence River, which surrounds Wellesley Island on three sides. The island bounds an internal body of water, the Lake of the Isles, which nearly doubles its waterfront. The easternmost peninsula of the island lies across the Upper (American) Narrows from the Village of Alexandria Bay.
An arterial highway, Interstate 81, crosses Wellesley Island. Five segments composing the Thousand Islands International Bridge link the island to the opposite shores of the river. Said to be "the smallest vehicular international bridge in the world," one of the bridges crosses a narrow channel, the International Rift, which separates Wellesley Island in the United States from Hill Island in Canada. The United States border-crossing facility at the port of entry is located on the northeastern part of the island.
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