Volume 14, Issue 6, June 2019

June 2019 - More high water but the warmer days are here... enjoy 11 articles this month, [Photo by Ian Coristine]

TI Life in June and My High Water Rant...

My High-Water Rant... small world story - Connie Ingerson; sad news, Michael Geiss and special fund raisers...

South Bay

I love South Bay! It was the first section of the River I explored my first year on the island back in 1975.

Lynn E. McElfresh

September 2017 Article Revisited: High Water is for the Birds

...writing to convince many of us today, June 2019, that the high water is beneficial when so many are suffering is a different story

Sherri Leigh Smith

Tom Comstock; from Wells Island to History’s Pages

Recounting the memoirs of Thomas Comstock, known as Tom, a well-known oarsman from Alexandria Bay.

'59 Forward: An Essay on the St. Lawrence Seaway After 60 Years.

The St Lawrence, in its transformation from River to “Seaway”, took on a tone of indifference, of corporate and bureaucratic efficiency, with decisions made at a distance and on a scale far...

Craig I. Stevenson

The Captain's TI Park Lot 214

According to the abstract of title pertaining to our lots, Lot 214, where our cottage is sited, was leased by Capt. Brown from the Thousand Island Camp Meeting Association on June 26, 1909.

Raymond Kowalski

Prehistoric Fish Receiving Help to Return to the River

Is that a prehistoric fish? Is it really more than 150 years old? Are lake sturgeon returning to the St. Lawrence River?

A New Day at the Old Monticello

The old Monticello turns a historic page before our very eyes as hospital emerges from hospitality.

Wayne C. Strauss

Coast Garden Pizza

The Coast Guard provides in important service to boaters. It is pretty safe to say that if you are a habitual boater, you will have to call on their services at least once in your boating lifetime.

Nicole Hartshorn

Hark! the River Awakens...by Richard Withington

Hark! The River awakens..Like an old man reluctantly relinquishing the peace and warmth of a thick coverlet after a winter's nap,

Richard L. Withington

Sudoku Puzzle #54 by Dan LeKander

Tame the lion! (Using Step 6 will help!)