Volume 16, Issue 1, January 2021

A brand new year! We hope 2021 will be the best year ever in the Thousand Islands. 13 articles this month. [Photo from Ian Coristine's Portfolio of 1000 Islands Photography]

TI Life News in January '21

Marilyn Neulieb poetry, Virtual Save The River Winter Environmental Conference and Toronto Boat Show! Winter photographs... and more

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Susan W. Smith

DELANEY'S POINT: Before and After the Canoes

In 1883, this tract of land, known as Delaney's Point, looked very different than it does today. Decades before, loggers ...

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Lynn E. McElfresh

Casa Blanca, the setting for "Reagan's Reward"

Casa Blanca is one of the most well-preserved Gilded Age cottages along “Millionaire’s Row” in the Thousand Islands and the setting for my latest novella, "Reagan's Reward."

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Susan G. Mathis

Memory Sketches

I found that you can, with a lot of practice, do an easily recognizable sketch of a subject in 15 to 20 minutes. It’s the “a lot of practice,” that counts.

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Joel F. Charles

Return of the LIMESTONE

About the LIMESTONE, The Limestone Company, Mark Ellis of Mark Ellis Design LLC and the CEO, Scott Hanson...

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Susan W. Smith

Withington's 2020 Review

The first major event was the structure fire at Tennis Island in June.

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Richard L. Withington

Walkin' on the Railroad

Bob and I want to spread the word and help fund the renovations TILT is planning to make on a 60-foot historical railroad trestle...

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Patty Mondore

Finch Invasion Continues

The large handsome Evening Grosbeak was a common winter bird in our region when I began birding more than a half century ago.

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Gerry Smith

Wooden You Know...

As a card-carrying, registered tree hugger, I have long touted the benefits of trees...but satellites, shoes, tape? Way beyond toilet paper!

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Paul Hetzler

Santa Finds Fishers Landing

How on earth had a picture of my Dad. taken in 1944, found me on Christmas morning in Fishers Landing in 2020?

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Richard L. Withington

Johnny Truesdell's River Gifts

Alex Bay's Johnny Truesdell gives us a website, Facebook page, calendars and a beautiful small picture book depicting the Thousand Islands of today!

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Susan W. Smith

Puzzles #73 & #74

Welcome to a new year of Sudoku articles and an opportunity to further hone your Sudoku skills. We have a special treat this year, starting with this issue.

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Dan LeKander

The Witch of Wellesley Island, Chapter 3: A Narrow Escape

As children, Pete and Sarah spent many weekends with their paternal grandparents, who lived out in the country in an old farmhouse...

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Patrick Metcalf