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Just Room Enough Island

A house and one tree filling almost all of a tiny rock island in the St. Lawrence River, Just Room Enough Island, New York.
Artwork FileThousand Islands · USA

Just Room Enough Island

SeenOctober 2024

Sizeland family · Alexandria Bay, New York

Photo: Omegatron / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0), as used in Street Art Utopia, media 141544.

Just Room Enough Island is a tiny island in the St. Lawrence River's Thousand Islands, near Alexandria Bay, New York, that holds little more than one house and a tree. Source Checked

Fox News reports that the Sizeland family bought the island in the 1950s; it was earlier known as Hub Island. Source Checked

💡 4 things to know

  1. One house, one treeFox News describes the island as mainly a single house and a tree. Source Checked
  2. A family's holiday homeThe Sizeland family bought it in the 1950s, built the cottage and gave it its name. Source Checked
  3. About 3,300 square feetFox News, citing Condé Nast Traveler, gives its size as about 3,300 sq ft. Source Reported
  4. Seen from the tour boatsUncle Sam Boat Tours pass Hub Island, “also known as Just Enough Room Island”. Source Checked

📍 Where it is

St. Lawrence River, Thousand Islands, near Alexandria Bay, New York. Passed by Uncle Sam tour boats (Uncovering New York). Source Checked

Open in Maps

Coordinates from Atlas Obscura.

🗓️ Sightings

  1. 201528 Jul

    Atlas Obscura adds the island.

  2. 201727 Dec

    6sqft reports on the island and its owners.

  3. 20212 Sep

    Uncovering New York passes it on an Uncle Sam boat tour.

  4. 202424 Oct

    Fox News Digital reports on the island.

Green stamps mark dated photographs; amber stamps are reports or records. Publication dates are not camera dates.

✅ The facts

Owners
Sizeland family, since the 1950s Source Checked
Other names
Just Enough Room Island; earlier Hub Island Source Checked
Place
Thousand Islands, St. Lawrence River, Alexandria Bay, New York Source Checked
Size
About 3,300 sq ft Source Reported
Claim
Often called the world's smallest inhabited island Source Reported
Latest dated photograph
No dated photograph found; newest report October 2024 Source Unconfirmed

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All sources & image credits

Photo: Omegatron / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0), as used in Street Art Utopia, media 141544.

Last checked: 25 October 2026 · How we verify art