People

Frank Shattuck, Tailor and More

It starts with a picture on Facebook’s Thousand Islands River Rats Now and Then page, back a couple of months ago. The picture looked like a pattern ...

Volume 13, Issue 12, December 2018
Susan W. Smith

Native Baskets

On occasion, an event would occur which caused great excitement in  the dog days of summer. Sometimes it was Captain Snider arriving with  p

Volume 13, Issue 12, December 2018
Bob Anderson

The Withington 2018 Review: Fire, Groundings… etc.

Two years ago, December 2016, I wrote a Book Review: for First Responder, by Dr. Richard Withington. I related that when...

Volume 13, Issue 12, December 2018
Richard L. Withington

Early Westminster Park Families: The Goss Family

Rosa Houghton Goss (1854- 1922) descended from a highly esteemed New England family, the Houghton’s. Her father, Reverend Daniel Clay Houghton, was the editor of the “Genesee Evangelist” and of the “American Presbyterian”,

Volume 13, Issue 12, December 2018
Linda Twichell

Early Westminster Park Families: Gallup and Bronson

We all know the adage: “Don’t believe everything you read in newspapers.” Nevertheless, the nineteenth century upstate newspapers make for e

Volume 13, Issue 11, November 2018
Linda Twichell

Oswegatchie Yacht Club’s Veiled History

The club was named after the Oswegatchie River that flows into the St. Lawrence at Ogdensburg. Oswegatchie is an Indian name that translates

Volume 13, Issue 11, November 2018
John Kunz

Ham Grindstone Grinder

My husband and I met in Clayton 17 years ago'... the River is our way of life!

Volume 13, Issue 11, November 2018
Nicole Hartshorn

The Annual

Sometime in August — just as the summer season is coming to a close — five River women set aside a day just for themselves alone on the River.

Volume 13, Issue 10, October 2018
Lynn E. McElfresh

The Thousand Islands Cup

The Thousand Islands Cup was established once again this summer to celebrate the rich racing heritage of the Chippewa Yacht Club and the Thousand Islands Region.

Volume 13, Issue 10, October 2018
John Kunz

Early Westminster Park Families: The Tavenders

From its inception, the Westminster Park Community was spurred along by the astute cultivation of a relationship with the media. In the 1870’s and the 1880’s, “media” meant connections in the newspaper and the publishing worlds.

Volume 13, Issue 10, October 2018
Linda Twichell

Theodore Gegoux Painted the Steamboat St. Lawrence, Who Was He?

Whatever happened to Theodore Gegoux’s painting of the palatial steamboat St. Lawrence during a searchlight excursion in 1894 in the Thousan

Volume 13, Issue 10, October 2018
Richard Palmer

Canada 150 Rink Comes to Gananoque!

If you google  “Hockey and culture” in Canada you will find, ”Ice Hockey: A symbol of  Canada, a national sport, and even a way of life.” It

Volume 13, Issue 10, October 2018
Susan W. Smith

An Interview with Author Susan G Mathis

My debut novel, The Fabric of Hope: An Irish Family Legacy is the story of an 1850s Irish immigrant and a 21st-century  single mom who are c

Volume 13, Issue 10, October 2018
Susan W. Smith

Friendship Islands

Island life can be, well…insular. So, when Billie Jo of Murray Isle proposed an annual event that would allow area islanders to get together and meet each other, I immediately agreed. The event—The Friendship Cup

Volume 13, Issue 9, September 2018
Lynn E. McElfresh

John J. Flanagan and Westminster Park’s St. Lawrence Anglers

Often histories about the Angler's Association focused on the wealthiest and most politically connected members of the organization. This article will tell a slightly different tale.

Volume 13, Issue 9, September 2018
Linda Twichell

River Sadness

The search for a missing 11-Year-old boy along the St. Lawrence River, near Rockport,

Volume 13, Issue 9, September 2018
Susan W. Smith

Wavve Boating… Yes, an App for That…

“The App for Recreational Boaters…Navigate Confidently…Find your Friends… Explore n...

Volume 13, Issue 8, August 2018
Susan W. Smith

Renewing Life in a Condo…

In 2016, we needed a lifestyle change. I woke up one morning and the plan popped into my head. We would sell the Katy Leigh and buy a condo in the new Tall Ships Landing

Volume 13, Issue 8, August 2018
Bob Duthie