From the Editor, August 2022 News Items, Arrive Can, Cataraqui Conservation proposed changes, poetry, and ABM photographs by Rick Casali. Susan W. Smith
1940’s Summer Haying Starting in late June and usually the entire month of July, daylight was consumed with the hay harvest on the farm. The fields that had been set aside for growing hay were cut and the hay was placed on wagons and hauled into the barn. Manley L. Rusho
A Grand Day at the Thousand Islands Boat Museum On July 16th, the Grand Opening ceremonies for the Thousand Islands Boat Museum’s new waterfront Boathouse facility were held in Gananoque. Tom King
Childhood Adventures at the Bridge on Grindstone Island Arriving at our paradise one morning, my brother and I were pleased to see an old and frequent visitor to the bridge, Nate McCarty, a one-eyed old man . . . Manley L. Rusho
A River Rescue Storms on the St. Lawrence can be beautiful to behold . . . and they also can be life-threatening. Tom Robbins, illustrated by Sarah Coate
The Burnt Island Lighthouse Burnt Island saw two women appointed as lightkeepers, including the first woman officially recognized as a lightkeeper anywhere in the Thousand Islands. . . . Mary Alice Snetsinger
Grindstone Opens New Heritage Museum On July 23rd The Grindstone Island Research and Heritage Center will open The Grindstone Island Heritage Museum in the 142-year-old Lower Schoolhouse (District#1). Liz Raisbeck
Memories of our Little Bay on Grindstone Island Growing up on the little bay on the south side of Grindstone Island, where the Lower Town Landing is located, there were five boathouses that provided shelter from the west winds. Manley L. Rusho
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! Susan W. Smith
Meet S. Gerald Ingerson and his Woods This is a story about a generous and humble man, S. Gerald Ingerson, who grew up and raised his family in the Thousand Islands. Terra Bach
A New Role for an Old Punt, by Emily Holt The old red punt was always a part of my memories of my summer home, Long Point, on Grindstone Island. Daddy (WDC Wright) bought the cottage in 1923 and it seems that the boat came with it . . . Emily Wright Holt
Wreck of The "Janet" A voyage that started out as a pleasure cruise, to attend a regatta from Kington to Cape Vincent and French Creek (Clayton) on August 14, 1851, came to a tragic end when the yacht Janet overturned during a squall, drowning 17 women and two men Richard Palmer
The Muskrat If there was one animal that everyone on the island admired, it was the muskrat. Manley L. Rusho
