Ogden Island is on the St. Lawrence River, on the US side of the international boundary. The island was the intended landing site for an ambitious stunt proposed by stuntman Ken Carter in the midst of the bicentennial pageantry of 1976: to jump from Canada to the USA, over the river, in a car. He constructed an earthen ramp on the Canadian side, tall enough, he calculated, for the distance to be covered, which was more than a mile. Delays in funding and technology postponed the jump until 1979, when his rocket-powered Lincoln Continental took off, and quickly landed in the river. He was injured, but recovered - physically, at least.