The Barn Dance This story is about the barn on Grindstone Island and in particular, the dance that occurred there in October of 1941, when I was ten years old. Manley L. Rusho
Totem Poles and Island History The Eaton family started the totem pole trend at the west end of Tar Island. In 1899, the New York City family bought this property, built a large summer home, and named the property Totem Lodge. Nattanya Hewitt
WORLD ROWING TOUR 2022 – Come and Gone! Thank you to all of the international rowers who came and took part in this tour, to the wonderful group of volunteers who were with the tour the whole way, and to the Thousand Islands for sharing their beauty. Shelagh Baker
Dry Stone Wallers! I’m part of a different sort of migration — an annual influx of Dry Stone Wallers. Dry Stone Wallers are a somewhat peculiar subspecies of human, who still pile one rock upon another to build things without mortar. Dianne Wadden
The Binder and Threshing Machines on the 1940’s Farm By mid- August, the grain fields on Grindstone Island had changed to a light brown, the grain heads were full with seeds, the stacks were brown, and it was time for the grain harvest . . . Manley L. Rusho
Editor meets a new friend, Joseph B. Stahl Over the past 14 years, I have had the privilege to meet some amazing Thousand Islanders. Some live here year-round, others are snowbirds, and some I meet along the way. Joseph B. Stahl . . . Susan W. Smith
Queen Elizabeth II & HMY "Britannia" Lynn McElfresh and Rick Casali's past articles are remembered. Also, Robert and John Street share a lovely movie of the Queen's passage through the Thousand Islands. Lynn E. McElfresh
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
