Volume 20, Issue 9, September 2025

11 articles for the end of summer. [Photo © Ian Coristine/1000IslandsPhotoArt.com]

From the Editor, September '25

This article allow us to pay tribute to Mary Mascott, Meet Todd Jones and Casey, celebrate 10,000 followers and more.

Memories of my father and the "Eastcliffe Hall"

He said there was a need for boats to get out to the site of the sunken ship and suggested I head up to see if I could be of assistance. . .

The St. Lawrence Canal Patrol, 1914-1917

The newspaper, "The Leader" was quick to share with its readers the news that war had come to the River. . .

Craig I. Stevenson

Stained Glass Windows Series – Reverend B.R. Gabriel & Family

. . . was in desperate need of restoration when Rev. Gabriel arrived in 1935.

Cindy Rusho Hagemann

Gitana – Lost within sight of the Tibbetts Point Lighthouse

George B. Sloan, Jr. had given Captain Blackburn explicit orders not to attempt to cross the lake unless the water was perfectly smooth.

Dennis McCarthy

More on the "Sir Robert Peel"

We have just arrived . . . at a spot nearly opposite the wooding place where the 'Sir Robert Peel' was attacked and burned by a band of pirates . . .

Hockey Jackets Find a New Home

Homegrown hockey teams can be found in almost every part of Canada . . .

Lorraine Payette

Locally Beautiful, Forever Connected

Imagine unruly amber, red, and orange leaves falling at your feet as you breathe in the crisp autumn air in Theresa, NY.

Katie Syring & Aleisha Pannozzo

The Great Gale of ‘75, Written by Brian Johnson in 2009

Late afternoon on November 10, 1975, a very worried lake captain reluctantly picked up the mike attached to his marine radio. . .

Tomato Basil Jam

This recipe was discovered in an ancient issue of the Old Farmer’s Almanac. . .

Elspeth Naismith

Sudokus in September '25

Start the fall season with four Sudoku puzzles from Dan LeKander