it as "an oasis unlike any other." Islands Listed from west to east: MacLaren Island Woodlands Island Fraser Island Hoople Island Dickinson Island Heriot Island Vankoughnet Island Phillpotts Island Macdonnell Island Snetsinger Island Mille Roches Island History The Long Sault Parkway was created as a direct result of the building of the Moses-Saunders Power Dam and the St. Lawrence Seaway in the 1950s. The Seaway was a massive undertaking of both the Canadian and US governments that involved the "removal" of the Long Sault rapids by raising the water level approximately . Plans and small projects to tame the Long Sault, which straddled the border between the two countries, had been commonplace since the 1890s, with the International Joint Commission (IJC) being formed to deal with the bilateral process. However, continued stalling by the American Senate and Congress through the 1930s and 1940s resulted in Canada announcing in 1951 that it would proceed alone with the construction of a dam at Cornwall to harness power from the St. Lawrence River, as well as an expanded canal entirely within its borders. Shortly after, America ceased its opposition and joined the project, with approvals granted over the next several years by Congress. On June7, 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the approvals, officially removing the final obstacle to construction. Ontario Hydro would lead the project, while the IJC would coordinate the cross-border work. On August10, 1954, prime minister Louis St. Laurent, Ontario premier Leslie Frost, New York governor Thomas E. Dewey and various officials gathered at the now inundated village of Maple Grove. There they set off a dynamite charge in place of the usual ceremonial sod-turning. Ontario Hydro set forth to relocate residents of the of land that would be flooded, and move some structures to one of two new town sites—Ingleside or Long Sault—or the Upper Canada Village. As well as displacing 6,500people and submerging 10communities, the project uprooted the Akwesasne First Nations and washed away the site of the Battle of Crysler's Farm; the former would not reach a settlement until 50years later in 2008, while the latter saw a monument installed at Upper Canada Village. The Ontario-St. Lawrence Development Commission was formed in 1955 to develop the parkland and amenities along the future shoreline; all land west of Cornwall to Iroquois, below an elevation of , was purchased. Construction of the C$1.5 million Long Sault Parkway was announced