What a Honeymoon! We explained we had a US licensed car and a number of sails we were taking to Toronto. “No!” The customs officer said, “and if you cross this line,” . . . Ralph Boston & Sherry L.B. Johnson
An Old Ice Boat Somewhere around 1943, my cousin John (Dano) and I had a winter project to fix up an old ice boat. We had been working on this old ice boat for several days now, salvaging parts from all over . . . Manley L. Rusho
GATITO: A Tale of a Real River Rat Cat . . . from that point on this became the cat’s routine. He swam to Little Grenadier in the morning and returned in the evening. Each summer evening the family gathered on the dock . . . Melinda Comstock & Martha Grimes
Dye by the Blade: Alex Tuch Tells His Story Through Tattoos “The top of my right arm is all around my cottage, my parents’ cottage, where my brother, sister and I pretty much grew up in the summertime,” he said . . . Melissa Burgess
Winter Duck Hunt on Grindstone Island It was two days before Christmas in the early 1950’s. I was up at 4 am, dressed and out of the cellar door with my flashlight in hand. I headed to the boat house . . . Manley L. Rusho
River Gift to "TI Life" Dear Susie, As you know, my love of the River is extremely strong, to the point that I find myself emotional when I sit in front of my computer . . . Andrew Kane
Is the Architect as Interesting as His Architecture? Franklin Townsend Lent’s works are among those that have been researched as the early development of resort architecture in the Thousand Island region of Upstate New York and Ontario . . . Sherry L. B. Johnson
A Mangy Fox In the spring, six cubs were born on a hill below our house, and we were secretly watching them grow . . . Danuta (Dee) Sedkowski
"OL BOY" – 1938 Chris Craft 25 Sportsman Joe Cardamone was a serious fisherman from Utica who owned a 21-foot utility. He fished out of Dingman Point, and wanted a slightly larger boat for the St. Lawrence River . . . Rick Casali
Raccoon Hunting with Uncle Aaron Uncle Aaron was a true outdoorsman; he knew how and where to catch squirrels, how to find wild honey trees, where to gather hickory nuts, how to trap a muskrat, and where the fish were biting – a true man of all seasons. Manley L. Rusho
Cruise Ships are Back! All about the 2022 cruise ship OCEAN NAVIGATOR and the 1948 cruise ship ONTARIO. Susan W. Smith
Teenage Adventures in the Thousand Islands Our summers began when the ice went out and lasted beyond Thanksgiving. We rented cottages along the St. Lawrence and enjoyed friendships with cottagers who summered along the River from New Jersey, and New York, Oakville and Ottawa. Ian Wilson
