Just Room Enough Island, located in the Thousand Islands off Alexandria Bay, is the smallest inhabited island in the world at just 3,300 square feet. It was purchased by the Sizeland family in the 1950s and is now a popular tourist attraction.
There are 1,864 islands in the North American island chain known as the Thousand Islands, which dot the Saint Lawrence River. The archipelago is located off Alexandria Bay, between New York and Ontario. The smallest of these specks of land that can claim inhabitants is just 3,300 square feet (307 m2), or one thirteenth of an acre, barely large enough for its present contents: a cottage, a tree, and a small beach. The island was purchased in the 1950s by the Sizeland family as a vacation spot. They built the house and christened the island Just Room Enough Island. The Sizelands hoped it would be a nice place to escape civilization, but river cruise tourists soon ruined their serenity.
An island with a view:
For a speck of land in the Thousand Islands to be considered an island, it must be larger than one square foot, must remain above water level year-round, and must have at least one tree.
Now considered the smallest island in the world, Just Room Enough is located in the same neighborhood as Heart Island, which is home to Boldt Castle, the iconic mansion that millionaire George Boldt began building in the 1900s.
The smallest inhabited island in the world, according to Guinness World Records, was Bishop Rock, off England’s Isles of Scilly. When its lighthouse was automated in 1982, it was no longer inhabited.
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