Volume 21, Issue 9, September 2026

Bakers Dozen this month - history, boats, nature and more . . . [© Photo Ian Coristine/1000IslandsPhotoArt.com]

From the Editor and Paul's Smiles

Travelling on highway 401 last week we witnessed one dreaded sight - two transport trucks loaded with SKIDOOS . . . Paul Reichert's two special cartoons, and more.

Alexandria Bay's 47th Annual Vintage Boat Show in Pictures

As you might expect, this boat show had no shortage of gleaming mahogany and bright smiles.

Interesting Islanders: The Picture Man

Some children inherit their father's eyes. Jim Montanus inherited his father's camera.

Michael Laprade

Waterfront Wheat: The Short Life of Prescott’s First Grain Elevator

For three decades, a massive grain elevator loomed over the waterfront at Prescott, Ontario—and then was gone . . .

Craig I. Stevenson

Alli Was Happiness

There is no love like the love of a dog. Everywhere, and at all times.

Responsible Energy

What happens after we discover that we have created a chemical that apparently has no intention of ever leaving. Fortunately, there is a local company . . .

Michael Laprade

Passing Along a Love of Place

Perhaps what made this summer so meaningful was the opportunity to see the Thousand Islands through so many different lenses . . .

Maybe Katydid . . . But Maybe She Didn’t

If you’ve never seen a katydid, that’s not surprising, as they are active mainly at night. But you might have heard them . . .

Madeleine Casali's Visit and her Poetry!

Madeleine is a writer. She has written a number of poems about the lakes, freighters, loons, the cold weather, and the great outdoors . . .

Half Moon Bay, the Start

In the 1880s, Lonely Bay was a wilderness. Decayed logs, stones, and debris of all kinds choked the inner part, making navigation impossible beyond the central bend . . .

A Lasting Legacy: Honoring Louise Birkhead and the Birkhead Lecture

For nearly two decades, the Guthrie & Louise Birkhead Lecture has brought members of the Thousand Islands community together to explore the history . . .

Oven Roasted Tomatoes

One year, I ended up with a bumper crop of small cherry tomatoes – too many to eat all at once . . . Enter the idea to roast them . . .

Elspeth Naismith

Sudokus #312-#316

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?