From the editor

From the Editor, May 2023

We begin with the sad news that Clayton artist Greg Lago died on May 5, 2023. Updates: Blind Bay, Pies for God's Sake and Viking Great Lakes Cruises - and more . . .

Volume 18, Issue 5, May 2023
Susan W. Smith

From the Editor, April 2023

Nothing says Spring better than seeing the channel and shoal makers placed in the River where they belong! Tribute to John Bishop, Human Trafficking, and a new Events team member introduced.

Volume 18, Issue 4, April 2023
Susan W. Smith

From the Editor, March '23

Somehow, writing March '23 makes me smile. Why? The Seaway opens at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, 22 March 2023. We also learned that the ice bre

Volume 18, Issue 3, March 2023
Susan W. Smith

From the Editor, February '23

This is not all about me . . . but when both my husband and I got Covid after a 30-minute visit with our granddaughter and family, I have to

Volume 18, Issue 2, February 2023
Susan W. Smith

From the Editor, January 2023

Lots to report this month. Tributes to River champions: Gerry Huck and Tom Walker; Photographs, plus, some winter activities . . .

Volume 18, Issue 1, January 2023
Susan W. Smith

From the Editor, November '22

A correction for a 2012 article! Remember Santa is coming to Alex Bay in December. Congratulate Jim Schnauber and enjoy our Photos for 2022, and make sure you enter our December photo contest.

Volume 17, Issue 11, November 2022
Susan W. Smith

From the Editor, October 2022

Photographs for the end of summer. A tribute to Bea Schermerhorn and worries of low water and Florida.

Volume 17, Issue 10, October 2022
Susan W. Smith

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
Susan W. Smith

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
Susan W. Smith

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
Susan W. Smith

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
Susan W. Smith

From the Editor, May 2022

2022 is open for business! Unseasonably warm temperatures and returning snowbirds have resulted in an increase in boating in the Thousand Is

Volume 17, Issue 5, May 2022
Susan W. Smith

From the Editor, April 2022

The start of another summer - boats launched and cottages opening. We pay tribute to two lost Canadian champions. John Taylor, Tremont Island and Island Dave Beatty from Brockville.

Volume 17, Issue 4, April 2022
Susan W. Smith

From the Editor, March '22

River photographs, TIA news of water levels, Hash over History for 150th anniversary of Clayton and a tribute to Peter Murray, Tremont Island - all part of News from the Editor

Volume 17, Issue 3, March 2022
Susan W. Smith

News From the Editor, February 2022

Congratulations to Save the River! for a successful winter conference, to Jim McGarry, Friend of the River Award winner, and to Johnathon Pensyl, winner of the Annual Dan Tack Musky Award. Plus, wonderful winter photography.

Volume 17, Issue 2, February 2022
Susan W. Smith

News From the Editor January 2022

A tribute to the 300+ authors who have shared their articles in TI Life; Boat Shows; several winter photographs and we remember Dr. David Kendall who wrote When Descendants Become Ancestors, Genealogy in 2014.

Volume 17, Issue 1, January 2022
Susan W. Smith

December '21 News From The Editor

First, normally the words "some wind," are shrugged off, but on the night of Saturday, December 11, 2021, our River rose over three feet - Second, we have some good news, Santa is coming to town.

Volume 16, Issue 12, December 2021
Susan W. Smith

News from the Editor, Yes, Santa is Coming to Town

Santa is coming to ABay, Borders are open! Tribute to Justin Taylor and we remember the Rev. Michael Bedford-Jones.

Volume 16, Issue 11, November 2021
Susan W. Smith