The sun goes down over the St Lawrence River and Canada.

    Academy at Ivy Ridge overlooks the beautiful St. Lawrence River.  We are located just outside the city of Ogdensburg in the northern section of St. Lawrence county.  Ogdensburg his a small city of 13,500 people.  The school is approximately 55 miles from Ottawa, Canada and 80 miles form Montreal, Canada.  The United States and Canada are connected right here in Ogdensburg by great Ogdensburg-Prescott International Bridge.

With over six miles of shoreline along the mighty St. Lawrence River, close proximity to major Canadian and American commercial markets and thriving business enterprises, Ogdensburg blends a unique complementary mix of rural charm and urban amenities.

The earliest settlement in Ogdensburg dates back to 1749 when the celebrated Sulspician Missionary Father Picquet founded his mission on the banks of the St. Lawrence at the mouth of the Oswegatchie River. He built Fort LaPresentation upon the site of an old Indian village named Swa-gatch. The area was the northern terminus of an original Indian trail that ran from the Mohawk Valley to the St. Lawrence. The City developed into an important port of entry and railroad center during the 19th and early 20th centuries, with extensive trade in lumber and grains.

Throughout Ogdensburg's history the principle branches of industry in St. Lawrence County have relied on the nearby rivers and the bountiful resources common to the North Country. They have included all aspects of lumbering and paper production, boat building, merchant and custom milling, foundry and machine work.

Capitalizing on its location at the confluence of the St. Lawrence and Oswegatchie Rivers, the City has been a seaport since the early l9th century. The completion of the St. Lawrence Seaway in 1959 connected the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean and opened the area to unprecedented industrial expansion.