Dry Island (New York)

Dry Island is the name of a now-submerged island in the St. Lawrence River in the United States. It was also the name of a private estate which encompassed the entire island. The estate was built by James C. Corrigan, a multi-millionaire from Cleveland, Ohio. Corrigan purchased the island in 1901, and in 1904 began the erection of a large house, docks, boathouses, service buildings, and other features on the property. Corrigan purchased the nearby Canada Island to add to the estate.

After Corrigan's death in 1908, his son, James W. Corrigan, added to the house. It sat abandoned from some years in the 1920s. After James W. Corrigan's death, his widow, Laura Mae Corrigan, sold Dry Island to the Morrisburg-Waddington Ferry Co., which utilized it as a pleasure ground for ferry passengers. It was sold again to American investors in 1935, and the house turned into a hotel named Chateau Waddington. The hotel was destroyed by fire in 1938.

Corrigan Island was submerged below Lake St. Lawrence in 1957.