Zavikon Island

The Zavikon Island refers to a pair of islands in the Thousand Islands archipelago on the St. Lawrence River between New York and Ontario, near Rockport, Ontario. The Zavikon Island is located in the Canadian territory and belongs to the Leeds and Grenville municipal unit. [cite web
url = http://www.onterm.gov.on.ca/geo/details_e.asp?letter=z&ind=1
title = ONTERM GeoNames Index: Zachary Islands - Zigzag Island
publisher = Government of Ontario
accessdate = 2007-10-03] [cite web
url = http://gnss.nrcan.gc.ca/gnss-srt/searchResults.jsp
title = Geographical Name Search Service (search for Zavikon Island)
publisher = Canadian Geographical Names Natural Resources Canada
accessdate = 2007-10-03]

A popular [cite news
first = Jay
last = Clarke
title = Retreat to the river on the St. Lawrence islands
publisher = The Philadelphia Inquirer
page = I09
date = July 17, 1983
url = http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB295CC1F714200&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM
accessdate = 2007-10-03] tale among local guides is that the bigger part of Zavikon is in Canada, while the smaller part is in the United States, and the foot bridge between them is the "shortest international bridge in the world". [cite book
last = Chan
first = Elise D.
title = Jefferson County
year = 2004
publisher = Arcadia Publishing
isbn = 978-0738535470
pages = 58] [cite web
url = http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/businessline/2000/03/13/stories/101372s3.htm
title = The Venice of America
publisher = The Hindu Business Line
date = March 13, 2000
accessdate = 2007-09-09 See also [http://www.1000islandsinfo.com/pictures.htm] , [http://www.1000islandsinfo.com/zavikon.htm] ] However, this is not true as both islands are Canadian Territory.

In 1985, the islands hosted the first Zavikon Conference organized by the Dräger Foundation. [ [http://www.draegerstiftung.de/HG/internet/SE/en/Foerder/Konferenzen/Zavikon/zavikon_konferenzen.jsp Dräger Foundation ] ]

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* [http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=44.369629,-75.91365&spn=0.003505,0.007221&t=h&z=17&om=1 Google Maps Image of Zavikon Island.]