Volume 19, Issue 9, September 2024

Back to School everyone! 11 Articles for you to enjoy. [Photo © Ian Coristine/1000IslandsPhotoArt.com]

From the Editor, September, '24

Important news about water levels in the fall (Deviating from Plan 2014). Photographs of the Aurora Borealis and more... making this is a must read.

One small island; one hour's search - over 20 different fungi seen !

With the late August rains in 2023 came many fungal fruiting structures. A closer look at a cluster of tiny white dots next to the oak tree revealed that they were a fungus . . .

Winifred McGowan

The Story of an Author & his Book

I have had the honor and privilege of meeting several authors of Thousand Islands books. Each one brings a passion and a persona to their work . . . This story allows me to introduce another author - but in a different way.

Salvaging and Repurposing Part II

In converting this horse stable into our home, I wanted to leave the rail, trolley, and grapple intact as testimony to the original function of the stable, but I also wanted to give it a new purpose.

Kim (Bo) Stone Kalil

Arts Center’s Dream Becomes Reality

The Thousand Islands Arts Center ~ Home of the Handweaving Museum (TIAC) is excited to announce its groundbreaking for its new museum and arts center this month!

Leslie W. Rowland

The Islander Johnny O’Shea, Bard of Wolfe Island (1932 - 2023)

This post is to honor the late John “Johnny” Francis O’Shea (May 15, 1932 – September 11, 2023), of Wolfe Island, ON.

Jannet L. Walsh

Wooden Boats of the St. Lawrence - a prime-video

Over the past two years they gathered some of the real River Rats who know all about our Thousand Islands wooden boats, and they started to interview them in front of a camera. This summer the results are available for all of us to enjoy.

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".

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.

Call for Recipes: Empanadas Rio San Lorenzo

The first picnic of the spring fell by chance on the 5th of May. It is a day of celebration in the Mexican American community, marking Mexico’s victory over the Second French Empire at the Battle of Puebla in 1862. The date inspired me to try something a little different for our picnic.

Sudoku #213-#216, September '24

Editor's Note: Ok Gang . . . this one is going to stump you for sure. Some will be fine, but the special one is "the" one. If you do solve it, will you please send a photo to me for Dan, the author. OK. On your mark; get set; GO!