Talk:Thousand Islands Parkway

Highway 2 Again?

After a brief check of Google Maps, it seems Google has added Highway 2 markers to its maps website along the Thousand Islands Parkway. I am well aware of the Parkway's former routing as Highway 2S prior to 1970, but I did not think it was still designated as Highway 2. I thought Highway 2 was only between Highway 401 and Gananoque's eastern town limits. Does anybody have any information on this that they could share? Thank you. BigBenzino (talk) 22:46, 22 May 2015 (UTC)

You're right about it being from Gananoque to the 401... and prior to 1998 it ran much further inland. I'd be wary of Google Maps, which can often pop up with the strangest of mistakes. I personally stick with the MTO's increasingly outdated AADT counts or Official Road Map.[1][2] - Floydian ^τ _¢ 19:51, 23 May 2015 (UTC)

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GA Review

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Reviewer: The Rambling Man (talk · contribs) 20:48, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

Comments

• I imagine a feasible redirect based on the lead is Highway 2S.
• "St. Lawrence River Road" is in the infobox, is this another name for the parkway?
• "divided highway" is that "dual carriageway" where I come from? Is there a link for us non-experts?
• "use by cars between" just cars, or vehicles in general?
• "Thousands Islands" just the one thousand.
• "a bicycle trail and" in the lead and "A recreational trail follows" in the article...
• "Darlingside, Rockport, Narrows..." etc. I think it's permissible to relink this outside the lead.
• "and a left-hand exit provides"" overlinked.
• " depression relief" financial or emotional?
• Is "The Ontario Department of Highways" the same as/forerunner to Ministry of Transportation of Ontario?
• ""a two lane gravel " hyphenate two-lane here.
• " proper two lane undivided' similar. Also, similar to above, is an "undivided" road the same as a "single carriageway" where I'm from?
• "persuade the DHO to construct" what's DHO?
• "September 1, 1967 from" comma after year.
• "0.62" probably good enough to go to 0.6 to keep decimal places consistent in this case.
• "17 - Schedule" en-dash.
• Is TVO TVOntario?
• "Park - Getting " en-dash.
• Several of these spaced hyphens in the ref titles.
• Ref 27, use MOS:ELLIPSIS in the title.
• Note [a] is not referenced.
• "Thousand Islands Parkway - Length and Route" en-dash.

That's all I have here, it's on hold. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 12:44, 16 March 2021 (UTC)

So The St. Lawrence River Road was the historic name. I've added it into the lead and created a redirect for it as well as Highway 2S. For ref 27, the ellipses are as they are in the title, which seems correct based on MOS:ELLIPSES. See [3]. All other issues have been addressed (diff). - Floydian ^τ _¢ 15:25, 16 March 2021 (UTC)

So you have "10 Days... or Aug. 15... or... Well, 2-Lane Stretch on 401 Open Soon" and my reading of MOS:ELLIPSIS should make it "10 Days ... or Aug. 15 ... or ... Well, 2-Lane Stretch on 401 Open Soon", i.e. non-breaking spaces before each of the ellipses. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 15:59, 16 March 2021 (UTC)

The part that had me on the fence was whether that only applied to quotations. Somebody else's hill to die on though; change made. I've gone ahead and added alt text for the images as well FYI. - Floydian ^τ _¢ 18:33, 16 March 2021 (UTC)

Okay, cool. The MOS should apply to all aspects of the article really. SO, I'm happy now and promoting. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 08:27, 17 March 2021 (UTC)

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:54, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

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Thousand Islands Parkway under construction in 1944

• ... that the Thousand Islands Parkway (pictured under construction in 1944) was the final two-lane section of Highway 401, the busiest highway in North America?
  • ALT1:... that the Thousand Islands Parkway (pictured under construction in 1944) was the final two-lane section of Highway 401?

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/WRTV (New Jersey)
• Comment: The "busiest highway in North America" is extensively sourced and mentioned only in the Highway 401 article, but is an additional bit of information to "the final two-lane section of Highway 401", which is in the target article. I feel this really adds to the hook, but I'm assuming I'll get an appeal to tradition and any thought of doing that will be killed off (I don't feel adding the "busiest highway in North America" fits in to the Thousand Island Parkway article).
  Also, there is another image that may possibly be less confusing, since the one I've selected shows four lanes being built.

Improved to Good Article status by Floydian (talk). Self-nominated at 14:12, 22 March 2021 (UTC).

• I assume good faith on the references that I can't access. The article was promoted to GA on time. A QPQ has been completed. I am approving ALT1 because I don't feel that the rule about all of the information needing to be in the nominated article needs to be changed. The image is fine. SL93 (talk) 22:07, 4 April 2021 (UTC)

• @Floydian: Coming to promote this, I can't really see the hook facts in the article. How about ALT2? Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:31, 6 April 2021 (UTC)

ALT2 ... that the opening of the Thousand Islands Bridge in 1938 was attended by over 50,000 people including Prime Minister Mackenzie King and President Franklin D. Roosevelt?

Doesn't that disobey no piped links on the main page? I've added the bit about it being the final two lane section to make ALT1 work... thought that was in there already, my bad. - Floydian ^τ _¢ 14:28, 6 April 2021 (UTC)

Sorry about my mistake. I could have sworn I saw it. It's for sure there now though. SL93 (talk) 15:22, 6 April 2021 (UTC)