Salvaging and Repurposing, Part I Can imagine my elation when my husband and I purchased a defunct 1920s horse stable on the St. Lawrence River back in 2019 and I found several plastic bins of old light fixtures hidden in a corner . . . Kim (Bo) Stone Kalil
R.M.S. Titanic and the Thousand Islands You might ask what the "R.M.S. Titanic" and the Thousand Islands have in common? Rick Casali
Amazing Links to the Thousand Islands, first murder - now a sham auction! Part II A sham car auction showcased the Wallis C. Bird car collection, 11 months after the death of the owner, Marjorie Winifred Kendall Bird in 1961 . . . Steve Krask
The Story of Miss St. Lawrence, Part II The complete history of the gasoline powered "Miss St. Lawrence", built by Ira Cupernall. Most of those boats are gone. Some are displayed in museums. Only a few still grace the Thousand Islands. This is the story of one such boat that still plies the waters that bears her name: Miss St. Lawrence. Tom Frauenheim
Seeing Shipwrecks Then and Now The first deep glimpse under the waters was for a select few with hardhat diving in the nineteenth century, but it was expensive and risky . . . Now underwater vehicles and underwater drones collect data and images without human intervention. Dennis McCarthy
Thousand Islands Watershed Land Trust Seminar All about the Canadian Land Trust - such as learning about the various tax credits that could accrue to the owner, based on the type of gift - and more . . . Elspeth Naismith
A Summer That Lasts a Lifetime Well before the bus from New York City arrived, hosts and hostesses, many accompanied by small children of their own, milled around the grounds of Watertown High School . . . Martha Grimes
Every Barn Has One Every barn has one, some have two. What I am describing is a barn gutter, a place for cows to dispose of their digested hay or grain. Manley L. Rusho
Preserving My Father’s Legacy, One Photograph at a Time As Dad entered his twilight years, the passion for photography slowly faded away and his enormous collection of slides began to collect dust on boxes piled high in the basement. . . Tom King
Amazing Links to the Thousand Islands - Even Murder A simple email brought back memories of my research into Batterman's Point and the mysterious death of Winnie Bird in far-off Switzerland... Steve Krask gives us new information and we are honored to share it now. Steve Krask
The Story of the Miss St. Lawrence As the era of steamboats died out, a new breed of fast, sleek boats powered by gasoline engines rose to take their place. This is the story of one such boat that still plies the waters that bears her name: "Miss St. Lawrence". Tom Frauenheim
The Revenue Cutter "Salmon P. Chase" Research about the Salmon P. Chace, a Revenue Cutter built to ply the Northern Lakes to prevent smuggling from Canada in 1965. Richard Palmer
Discovering Rogers Passage Through the Islands in 1760 After years of dedicated research and exploration, I have successfully charted the most plausible path that Major Rogers' expedition might have taken through the Thousand Islands. It has been a fascinating and challenging quest Jerry Knitis
