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Sense of Place...

Define a "Sense of Place..." It was a beautiful day. People were out and about. Late in the afternoon there was a concert on a neighbor’s lawn...

Volume 14, Issue 10, October 2019
Susan Schongalla

TI Life in Sept '19

Click here to see the latest news... Hunting in Canada and the US; Coast Guard exercises; rainbows... lots more...

Volume 14, Issue 9, September 2019
Susan W. Smith

Gobies, Methane Gas and Shoreline Erosion... Research on the River

Recently-granted research projects are investigating areas of interest to St. Lawrence River property owners concerned about invasive species impact, water quality, and shoreline erosion.

Volume 14, Issue 9, September 2019
Kara Lynn Dunn

Save the River Action

I am asked many times a week about the causes of this summer’s high waters. I have taken to carrying this Plan 2014 Update...

Volume 14, Issue 8, August 2019
John Peach

Happenings July 2019

High Water News... It's a small world department... Don Brown... Photographs... Yes, happenings for July 2019.

Volume 14, Issue 7, July 2019
Susan W. Smith

"TI Arts Hall of Fame and a Compass Within"

The Thousand Islands Performing Arts Hall of Fame underscores the importance of the arts in the Thousand Islands. Celebrating the arts inspires us in a time when young people's internal compasses are on the fritz every time they open their phone and scroll through their feeds.

Volume 14, Issue 7, July 2019
Susan W. Smith

Celebrating Women in the Great Outdoors at Clayton Show

Becoming an Outdoors-Woman (BOW) and Beyond BOW are training and experience programs developed in 1994

Volume 14, Issue 7, July 2019
Kara Lynn Dunn

NOAA's Proposed Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary

There are 13 existing national marine sanctuaries in the U.S. and three under consideration by NOAA, including Lake Ontario. - should there be another in our region?

Volume 14, Issue 7, July 2019
Dennis McCarthy

A New Day at the Old Monticello

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

Volume 14, Issue 6, June 2019
Wayne C. Strauss

High Water Updates

The River is high this spring. The burning question on everyone's mind is how high will it go?

Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2019
Melissa Barton, Richard Withington & Susan Smith

Gananoque Boat Line Acquired by Entertainment Cruises

Chicago-based Entertainment Cruises acquired the Gananoque Boat Line.

Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2019
Tom King

Part I: You, Your Boat, and the Border

The outcomes of water stops can be arrest, fines, vessel seizure, or an onboard vessel search, but it is more likely that you will be left to go on your way,

Volume 14, Issue 4, April 2019
Dane Zabriskie

Part II: You, Your Boat, and Requirements for Crossing the Border

This summary applies to the typical situations that apply to most private boaters crossing the border.

Volume 14, Issue 4, April 2019
Dane Zabriskie

Remembering Bill Danforth

Bill, Danforth and his late wife Sissy, gave their heart, soul, and energy to so many of our River-based nonprofits...

Volume 14, Issue 4, April 2019
John Peach

Sinking of the Harvey J. Kendall, another Augustus Hinckley Story

HARVEY J. KENDALL was a rather odd-looking boat and was nearing the end of her days when she was acquired

Volume 14, Issue 4, April 2019
Richard Palmer

Cole Shoal Lighthouse the Irony and the Rebuild

On July 23, 2018 the Cole Shoal Lighthouse west of Brockville was struck by lightning during a fierce storm and rapidly burned to the water line.

Volume 14, Issue 3, March 2019
Michael Milne

Guinness Book of Records Try...

Ever wonder what goes into those “Guinness Book of Records – records. Clayton’s Greg Pepe knows first hand as this winter...

Volume 14, Issue 3, March 2019
Jeff Staples & Susan Smith

"It's Hard to be a Tern" Video by Elaine Tack

...for twenty years I have been searching for a way to get across the importance of helping to restore the habitat of these ubiquitous water birds in the St. Lawrence River Valley.

Volume 14, Issue 3, March 2019
John Peach