TI)e ^t. Laurence J{zs<zrva\ion. 



THE St. Lawrence Reservation was authorized pursuant to provisions of chap- 

 ter 802, Laws of 1896. This act provides that all that part of the River St. 

 Lawrence lying and being within the State, with the islands therein, and 

 such lands along the shore thereof as are now owned by or shall be hereafter 

 acquired by the State, shall constitute an International Park, to be known as the St. 

 Lawrence Reservation. 



By the same act the reservation is placed in charge of the Commission. 



Chapter 273, Laws of 1897, appropriated $30,000, and authorized the Commission 

 to purchase lands, and carry out the objects of the law. 



The following are the lands purchased, the approximate acreage of each, and 

 price paid : 



Burham's Point, near Cape Vincent, about 4.37 acres ; $500. 



Cedar Point, between Cape Vincent and Clayton, about 13.0 acres; $1,400. 



Canoe Point and Picnic Point, Eel Bay, 70 acres ; $4,200. 



Watterson's Point, Canadian side of Wells' Island, about 6.32 acres ; $700. 



Mary Island, opposite Alexandria Bay, about 12 1-2 acres; $5,000. 



Kring's Point, near entrance to Goose Bay, about 35.35 acres; $2,300. 



One-half Cedar Island, near Chippewa Bay, about lo.ii acres; $3,000. 



One-half Lotus Island, nine miles below Ogdensburg, about 20 acres; $4,500. 



DeWolf Point, Lake of the Isles, about 10.12 acres; $500. 



There were no docks at any of these places at the time of their purchase, except 

 on Lotus Island, where there was an old dock and a small cottage. Substantial 

 docks of a suitable size for steamboats to land at have since been constructed at 

 Cedar Island, Kring's Point, Mary Island, DeWolf Point, Watterson's Point, Canoe 

 Point, Picnic Point and at Cedar Point. Small docks for skiff landings have also 

 been constructed at places in the reservation where deemed necessary. 



The dock at Lotus Island has not been used during the past season on account 

 of its dangerous condition. The State Engineer has prepared a plan for its rebuild- 

 ing, but no action has yet been taken by the Commission. 



The construction of nine open pavilions was contracted for and they were located 

 by the Fisheries, Game and Forest Commission in 1899, at an expense of $4,500. 

 These pavilions were completed this year, were inspected and accepted by the State 



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