Volume 20, Issue 7, July 2025

A full issue this month! Remember to collect photos for our December photo contest [Photo © Ian Coristine/1000IslandsPhotoArt.com]

Volume 20, Issue 7, July 2025

From the Editor, July 2025

2 days ago • 5 min read

Fair Winds and Following Seas to Mark Ellis

Mark Ellis' legacy lives on in the many vessels that he designed and continue to bring pleasure to boaters on the River and beyond . . .

What Was That?

Some people called it spring 2025. Yes, it was cool and rainy with more than the normal number of cloudy days and yet in spite of the weather . . .

Tribute to Wayne Strauss

The announcement of a $2 million gift to River Hospital following Wayne Strauss passing in the fall of 2024, ensured . . .

Memories of the North Country & the River

My first job was working during the summer of 1955 at age 15, at Reinman's Newsstand on the main drag in Clayton, NY . . .

Clayton's Artisans and Delicacies

There's a new addition to the thriving Arts scene in Clayton, N.Y. The store opened last summer with 35 vendors, and it has grown to 66 vendors.

Melanie Hertzog

Connecting the Dots from Desks to Dirt

It started with a Skittle. Not the most traditional way to explain erosion, but . . .

Bridgett McCann

All About the Cape Vincent Historical Museum

The Cape Vincent Historical Museum evolved from the Cape Vincent Improvement League’s “History Club” that was created in 1930.

The Sloop "Black Duck"

A “hair’s breadth escape” aboard the sloop "Black Duck", is vividly recorded in an 1872 faded issue . . .

Lost Villages, Part 1, Written by Brian Johnson in 2009.

At first, it sounded like a low rumble, like the beginning of a thunderstorm . . . but unlike an approaching storm, it didn’t let up . . .

Food and Meals on the Upper St. Lawrence - Part 2: 1925-2000

The new stoves made more delicate recipes, like baking a reliably successful cake, easier.

Sandra Moore Rennie

Summer Poetry by Steven Ris

The River and its natural environs are themes I keep being drawn to in my poetry . . .

Of Poets, Photographers and Summer in the Islands

When Gretchen Huntley first told me of her poem inspired by a Sam Battams’ photo I knew it was article material . . .

Sherry L. B. Johnson

Call for Recipes: Summer Tians

A tian is a casserole of sliced vegetables from the south of France. Although a classic tian can use an assortment of summer produce. . .

Elspeth Naismith

Sudoku Puzzles for July, #253-#256

The Sudoku puzzles this month range from not very difficult to extremely difficult. Please enjoy!