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Podcast Dedicated to Shipping

"Downward Bound will bring ship enthusiasts another step closer to the mesmerizing vessels so often seen along the St. Lawrence while also highlighting what the Seaway has to offer,"

Volume 17, Issue 10, October 2022
Susan W. Smith

FIASCO was held on Wellesley Island

The regatta is known as FIASCO, which is the acronym for Famous International Annual Skiffing Competitive Occurrence.

Volume 17, Issue 10, October 2022
Rick Casali

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.

Volume 17, Issue 10, October 2022
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.

Volume 17, Issue 10, October 2022
Dianne Wadden

Sudoku Puzzles 119, 120 & 121

Difficult rating … 5/10 (Rating based on puzzles not requiring advanced techniques) Puzzle #120 should present a moderate challenge!

Volume 17, Issue 9, September 2022
Dan LeKander

Sudoku Puzzles #116, #117, & #118

We start with a Sudoku puzzle in progress, where it appears that there are no more obvious or not-so-obvious clues. Can you find the hidden clue in Puzzle #116?

Volume 17, Issue 8, August 2022
Dan LeKander

"The Runners"

CSL commissioned the mural, which was created by Bryan Beyung, along with equally renowned Canadian artists Emmanuel Jarus, Andrea Wan, and K.C. Hall, to help celebrate the spirit of the 2022 Canada Summer Games

Volume 17, Issue 7, July 2022
Patty Mondore

Sudoku Puzzles #113, #114, #115

We continue with 3 puzzles each month. We start with a Sudoku puzzle in progress, where it appears there are no more obvious or not-so-obvious clues. Can you find the hidden clue in Puzzle #113?

Volume 17, Issue 7, July 2022
Dan LeKander

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 . . .

Volume 17, Issue 6, June 2022
Emily Wright Holt

Sudoku Puzzles #110, #111, & #112

Once again Dan LeKander provides you with a challenge - three puzzles this month. Good luck!

Volume 17, Issue 6, June 2022
Dan LeKander

My Cliffe Craft Saga - Chapter 4

On first sight, I was quick to grasp the full scope of this new project. It would not be a short and quick period of work involved. I was fully aware it was going to be a few seasons long.

Volume 17, Issue 5, May 2022
Marc Benoit

A Canoe With Sails

A few years ago, I came across an advertisement for the plans of a glued lapstrake sailing canoe. Not one of those after-market flimsy gadgets that you attach to your canoe, no, this was a real sailing canoe . . .

Volume 17, Issue 5, May 2022
Steve Cormack

Bays and Islands World Rowing Tour for 2022

50 international, long distance, adventure rowers to row on the beautiful waters of South Eastern Ontario. From September 10 – 18, 2022.

Volume 17, Issue 5, May 2022
Shelagh Baker

Sudoku Puzzles #107, #108, & #109

We will continue with the 3 puzzles each month. That should be ample material for novices or seasoned veterans. I hope you enjoy this change.

Volume 17, Issue 5, May 2022
Dan LeKander

Sudoku Puzzles #104, #105 & #106

April is bonus month. In addition to the “Clueless series” and feature puzzle, April will be the first month with a 3rd puzzle, a challenging Sudoku puzzle

Volume 17, Issue 4, April 2022
Dan LeKander

Memories of a Spring Duck Hunt

This was 1944, so even shot gun shells were rationed because of WWII, and there were no choices in the store as to size or brand. When we needed supplies, we would travel to Clayton and visit Nunn’s Hardware Store.

Volume 17, Issue 3, March 2022
Manley L. Rusho

State of the Art Technology at Work

On February 4, 2022, Khris and Dana Hunt, from Hunt's Dive Shop in Clayton, NY, set up a tent on the ice covering the St. Lawrence. Though the tent looked similar to the many other ice fishing tents used by fishermen every February, the Hunts were on a different mission.

Volume 17, Issue 3, March 2022
Dennis McCarthy

Excursions with my Cliffe Craft

. . . And don’t forget – boats are really just “floating logs” to get you somewhere, in a certain fashion, and with a song in your heart!

Volume 17, Issue 3, March 2022
Marc Benoit