Patriot Chronicles: Battle by the Pen-William Lyon Mackenzie’s Letter to the People of St. Lawrence County, Part 1 Instead of using the sword, William Lyon Mackenzie took up the pen and supported the Patriot cause as the editor of "Mackenzie’s Gazette". John C. Carter
Patriot Chronicles: Battle by the Pen: William Lyon Mackenzie’s Letter to the People of St. Lawrence County, Part 2 Part 2 completes the presentation of a "Letter to the People of St. Lawrence County" written in "Mackenzie's Gazette", plus endnotes and references. John C. Carter
Feather in Flight Captures History in TIP Andrew Kane, Thousand Islands photographer, sent one of his amazing Feather in Flight photographs to TI Life - Soon after I was completely engrossed into TIP and its summer plans. Susan W. Smith
The Grindstone Island Cheese Factory, (Circa 1940-1954) The Cheese Factory was open late April until about the end of October each year. Every morning when the factory was open, on the road there was a parade of horses and wagons, mostly a wagon with a single horse. Manley L. Rusho
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
