Alexandria Bay's 47th Annual Vintage Boat Show in Pictures As you might expect, this boat show had no shortage of gleaming mahogany and bright smiles. Larry Asam
Waterfront Wheat: The Short Life of Prescott’s First Grain Elevator For three decades, a massive grain elevator loomed over the waterfront at Prescott, Ontario—and then was gone . . . Craig I. Stevenson
Passing Along a Love of Place Perhaps what made this summer so meaningful was the opportunity to see the Thousand Islands through so many different lenses . . . Kelly Picunas
Madeleine Casali's Visit and her Poetry! Madeleine is a writer. She has written a number of poems about the lakes, freighters, loons, the cold weather, and the great outdoors . . . Rick Casali
Half Moon Bay, the Start In the 1880s, Lonely Bay was a wilderness. Decayed logs, stones, and debris of all kinds choked the inner part, making navigation impossible beyond the central bend . . . Karen Wand
The Things a Cottage Holds When people ask where I am going in the summer, I always give the same answer. “Our family cottage in the Thousand Islands.” Mark E. Russell
The Life of Part Time River Rats We took a 125-year-old hand-hewn log cabin that was one good sneeze away from collapsing and somehow talked it into another century . . . Michael Laprade
The Inimitable Susie Smith On July 16, 2026, the Museum formally acknowledged Susie Smith - the recognition honoured her energetic, enthusiastic, and supportive service . . . Peter VanSickle
Pam’s Woods Preserve: A Legacy of Lifelong Love for the Land Pam's Woods Preserve is one of those places—a forest shaped by decades of quiet stewardship, deep respect for nature, and an enduring friendship. Spencer Busler
2026 Piano Competition for Young People For classical pianist Clayton Stephenson, the Thousand Islands International Piano Competition for Young People was a first stage on his journey to global acclaim . . . Brian Preston & Maria Purcell
Building Boats for the U.S. Navy BUT the third bid to the government was a charm. On October 24, 1918, Hutchinson Bros. received a government contract . . . Bonnie Wilkinson Mark
The Places That Remember Us I looked deep into the dark grey, almost black, River water the other day. I mean deep into it . . . I saw 40 years of my life in the North Country . . . Mark E. Russell
Captain Andy Andy’s latest addition is a tropical Polynesian styled ‘Tiki” boat, the Kahawai-Nui which can be rented for private excursions Michael Laprade
