Thousand Islands Bridge dedicated 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 18 1938)


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(Thursday, August 18, 1938, 3:00 p.m. EDT) — U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King today dedicated the Thousand Islands Bridge over the Saint Lawrence River, connecting northern New York in the United States with southeastern Ontario in Canada.