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Special Tribute to Sherri Leigh Smith

Sherri Leigh Smith literally spent a lifetime helping us to understand our flying friends and as importantly, to find ways to keep their habitats intact or to improve them . . .

Volume 17, Issue 10, October 2022
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Podcast Dedicated to Shipping

"Downward Bound will bring ship enthusiasts another step closer to the mesmerizing vessels so often seen along the St. Lawrence while also highlighting what the Seaway has to offer,"

Volume 17, Issue 10, October 2022
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"There is a River" by Heather Chitty

It only took two minutes to realize that the book needs to be introduced to the Thousand Islands community.

Volume 17, Issue 10, October 2022
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TI Life in September is Now Online

Volume 17, Issue 9, September 2022 is now online September: School's back, water's low, and memories are made! This month there are a doze

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From the Editor, September 2022

Summer memories . . . Photographs to help remember summer 2022 . . . and what about joining the TI Life team? Also Twix the Kitsymenie Island dog says it all!

Volume 17, Issue 9, September 2022
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"Grenell 1912" Lynn McElfresh's Book 4

Residents—buckets in hand—rushed to the scene from every corner of the Park. Two boys took turns working the hand pump on the corner. Men, women, and children formed a bucket brigade.

Volume 17, Issue 9, September 2022
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GAN: Gananoque Arts Network

Definition of Network: “a group or system of interconnected people or things.” Simple explanation, Eh! However, looking closely the new Gananoque Arts Network (GAN) takes on real meaning.

Volume 17, Issue 9, September 2022
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Editor meets a new friend, Joseph B. Stahl

Over the past 14 years, I have had the privilege to meet some amazing Thousand Islanders. Some live here year-round, others are snowbirds, and some I meet along the way. Joseph B. Stahl . . .

Volume 17, Issue 9, September 2022
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TI Life in August is now online

It is mid-August – the glass is half empty. Why is that? 1) the corn season is here and if you blink it will be over? 2) the Antique Boat S

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From the Editor, August 2022

News Items, Arrive Can, Cataraqui Conservation proposed changes, poetry, and ABM photographs by Rick Casali.

Volume 17, Issue 8, August 2022
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Will Salisbury, we will miss you . . .

There will be many tributes given in the future but this editor was fortunate as TI Life was able to highlight Will Salisbury's work many times over the years. I am pleased to share them again today.

Volume 17, Issue 8, August 2022
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Doug Drumm - "Each piece created has no equal"

For those of us summering in the Thousand Islands, any day seems special; but on the day I invited Doug Drumm for lunch, and I started to ask questions, I realize, that it was a special day indeed.

Volume 17, Issue 8, August 2022
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Pies for God's Sake

In 2011 – at the beginning of "Pies for God's Sake" project, someone said they should call it "Pies for God." However, Peggy said, "No, let's call it Pies for "God's Sake."

Volume 17, Issue 8, August 2022
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From the Editor, July 2022

Summer photographs, community calendars, pies for sale, and Island Gala. Plus "Return to the River" by Thomas K. Hunt.

Volume 17, Issue 7, July 2022
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For Canadian Waterfront Land Owners

It appears that Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority (CRCA) is planning on making major changes to what we can and cannot do with our waterfront properties.

Volume 17, Issue 7, July 2022
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TI Life for July 2022

Mid-summer and time to enjoy another issue of Thousand Islands Life online. We have 15 articles this month, something for everyone. See: Vo

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From the Editor, July 2022

x x x Home in the Islands Again I'm back on the streets where I first laid my feet Back in the hood, and it's feeling so good Back home

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From the Editor, June '22

Tributes to Dr. Richard Withington and Dr. Art Pearson, Events: Half Moon Bay, Splash 22, Theodore the Tub Boat, Boat and Car Show, Clayton's Opera House and Thousand Islands Playhouse 40th!

Volume 17, Issue 6, June 2022
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