Summer 2010 will be remembered as the one that brought wonderful warm weather, enough water to keep us off the shoals an...

July is vacation time and hopefully you are not sitting at your computer but instead enjoying these truly hot, hazy, crazy days of summer. For that reason in July we publish TI Life ‘Lite'. And to help you enjoy the summer, do check this article as we share a new slide show of the Thousand Islands, created by Ian Coristine with the music of Great Lake Swimmers...

What a month! Wonderful weather, still going from hot to cold, but some rain and the water level is slightly higher. In addition to introducing our stories, we present links to two great videos. Our Readers Exchange allows us to answer a number of inquiries... This month we also present several follow-up articles. The first is a result of interesting comments about last month’s article by Kim Lunman

May 2010 brings hot weather, wind storms, even snow…. but the leaves are out and there is one given – Summer 2010 is on its way. This issue includes farming, restoring the "Magedoma", history, an essay on low water, and the launch of Ian Coristine’s new book, The very best of Ian Coristine’s 1000 Islands. I also have the chance to thank the man…

As promised our authors and team members are keeping track of important River issues:
“Many NY State Parks are slated to be closed” … From Governor Patterson after the National Park Service joined the fray… and “Offshore wind turbines in Lake Ontario” The engineer who designed the 86 turbines on Wolfe Island, has been granted approval to build 60 towers in Lake Ontario…

TI Life was asked “I wonder why you are not on Facebook? I imagine you would reach a much larger audience (word spreads like wildfire) and you have wonderful photos/graphics that would work well on the site….” So in February we launched Thousand Islands Life Magazine on facebook Groups

When the January edition went online three days after the Haitian earthquake. Immediately, we saw River communities participating in the global collection of assistance funds. One group of islanders went beyond the norm. Grindstone Island’s Mark Purcell, of Watertown’s Purcell Construction Corp. offered to buy, and erect, over 700 shelter tents for Haiti and to deliver same, from Florida,

“Slow as molasses in January” – I have heard that expression since I was a child, but somehow this year it seems that Ja...

How do we pay tribute to our authors for their thousands of words and to Ian Coristine, and many others, for their wonderful photographs? First we thank Paul Malo... then we add Ian's photo of a ship passing under the Thousand Islands Bridge. Stir it all up in the computer and PRESTO - we have 127 articles from 2009.

Thanksgiving is a wonderful holiday, but there is certainly more than just turkey and pumpkin pie. The day is about givi...

October, when many of us have left the River and are now beginning our winter projects. Early in September, Judy Well...

Since joining TI Life in September 2008, I have happily counted (close to 50) the people who have generously donated the...

This month we introduce our August new contributors, Lynn McElfresh, Douglas Goodfellow and Rachel Cole. We also pay tribute to Tom Schwalm who died suddenly at his home on Wellesley Island in July. The River has lost a good friend.

When we recorded our 3,000th subscriber, Chris Brock, I wrote to him to say how much we appreciated his interest in "TI Life" and apologized for the lack of a prize as this is a totally-volunteer publication. However, we received a prize from him, a short story - complete with illustrations by Danna Moles!

On June 6th subscriber number 3,000 joined TI Life! This month we introduce Capt. Brian Johnson, Robert S. Miner and William Worden and welcome back Phil Chadwick, Kim Lunman, Michael Whittaker, James Rapport and Ian Coristine.

Trilliums and Beavers are a sure sign of spring. Sagastaweka Island, has thousands of trilliums to welcome us back to the River and at least one industrious beaver. The first I adore, the latter not so much! Actually there are now other worries for islanders to consider and the list is long...

My husband and I opened Sagastaweka Island on April 3 – cold, rainy, and beautiful. Before opening your cottage I sugges...

TI Life has a new "Readers' Exchange" where we welcome your short stories of seven-hundred words, or less. Our first sto...

A proposed anchor tourism attraction for the Thousand Islands is a huge step closer to opening its doors on Brockville’s...

Our house is built on a rock in a river. So begins "Of Time and an Island", a love letter to the Thousand Islands penne...

What’s happening? The December issue of our magazine comes to you with a new look!

Imagine asking the US residents on Washington Island, in Clayton, NY, to change the island’s name back to its original: ...

HILL ISLAND - Bud Andress grabs his binoculars and hops on the Jet-Ski at the dock of his St. Lawrence River home to go ...

A "microburst" swept through the Thousand Islands last month, uprooting trees, damaging cottages and leaving some island...

I remember the first time I saw a loon. It was in the early 1980’s, because we still had that small aluminum fishing boa...

The Antique Boat Museum's 46th Annual Boat Show in Clayton, held over the July 30th - August 1st weekend, attracted over 7000 visitors

The sinking was first reported to police by Mrs. Walter Wells. “It was a great boom which woke me up. Then we began to hear people

August bring its rewards:  usually, much better, night-sky viewing; unique planetary alignments; Northern-Lights; s...

St. Lawrence Pottery located on Route 12N about  5 miles east of Clayton, features John Arnot’s ceramic art as well...

What’s in a Building? Bricks, mortar and a lot of wood. But the Gananoque Canoe Club (GCC), now known as the Thousand Is...

Readers of TIL are aware that one hundred and sixty Patriots were taken prisoner at the Battle of the Windmill near Pres...

The following excerpt is from the novel Napoleon's Gold by Thomas Pullyblank, forthcoming in spring or summer of 2011. ...

This article is written for our young readers... They call me Higgins. I am a Welsh Terrier and proud of it.

At roughly 9:00 a.m. on Sunday, July 4, Algobay had made its way past Singer Castle and began drifting out of the channe...

Michael Ringer almost chose “Shop” when he was in Grade 7, but his best friend suggested that the two of them sign up fo...

Baguettes, berets, French pastries, Canada's flag flying while “O’Canada” is being belted out from a singer on a main st...

One of my favorite locations to photograph in the Islands is along Crooked Creek, located about a mile east of Kring Point ...

I read about the “Mystery of Maple Island” my very first season on the island. So I’m long familiar with the legend that...

The schooner Roseway tied up to the dock at Frink’s Park in Clayton, New York, on June 25th. It was a cool, dreary, drip...

It was one of those “hot summer days” when I first watched Thousand Island Park Now and Then.  The thirty-minute DV...

Don't look now – But there is a woman watching you!  Unless you are a boater passing Brockville, or a keen obser...

The nine passenger single engine plane chartered from Carson Air in Toronto picked up a newlywed couple who had spent th...

Louis Richards wrote, "It is a chapter in the story ...

When TI Life received a photograph of an Osprey fishing for his dinner, we immediately looked for the source.  We d...

The Central New York winter season has become my model building time. Several models have been built for collectors...

As our neighbor says, “Cottage life isn’t for sissies.” He says it with a smile though and we all know what it means.

Consistent with our mission of raising the bar, Thousand Island Life seeks to recognize exceptional quality. A new enter...

Under the probation system, prisoners were awarded tickets of leave (a form of probation) for good conduct following two years of hard labour. Many of the Patriots received

  On the night of Tuesday, May 29, 1838 between 12 and 1 o’clock one of the inmates of the ladies cabin on the S...

Let’s settle the nagging question of which came first: the name or the fiddler?

A new book by Rex Ennis...

What do you get when a whole town collaborates to put on a River Festival?

Ian Coristine has constantly told his friends, that "raising the bar" in the Thousand Islands is our Number One task and...

Beijing,China-Vancouver,BC-Chicago & Brockville-Clayton These are just a few of the stops on The Great Lake Swimmers’ 2010 Tour.

One of the most luxurious steam yachts of the Thousand Islands was a floating fixture on the St. Lawrence River during t...

As the first decade of the new millennium has passed, this writer has met many people in our community who ask “what doe...

Clayton's Fred Schmitt has accepted the Board of Trustees’ offer to succeed John MacLean as Executive Director of the Antique Boat Museum.

Most folks on the River know me as the Executive Director of Save The River, but I also wear a few additional hats – yea...

It is early in the shipping season, however there is a lot happening in the region related to the St. Lawrence Seaway. ...

Non-island friends are always curious about how we get things to the island. There’s only one answer…by boat.

Betsey Fitch of Rutland, NY was given Lot 16. Lots 19 and 20 were sold to William Wells of Augusta, Upper Canada for a total of $1,340.00.

For the past three months, Robert L. Matthews has given our readers a unique peek at those long forgotten illustrators w...

Every spring begins as the birds migrate, the snow melts and the little white and green tug boat sitting in Massena, New...

Kim Lunman publishes the premiere issue of an annual magazine on the Thousand Islands.

Sherman C. Ward Jr. is one half of the dynamic duo known as Sherman & Ann. A busy man with many roles: Director, Pla...

Henry R. Heath was one of the visionary builders of the Gilded Age. However, Heath was not always destined ...

“Number please?” “Hello... Hello Mabel?” the female voice on the other end of the line was near panic. “Can you get Doctor Regan?

Charles S. Graham was an itinerant, self taught sketch artist born 1852 in Illinois.

I captained the old Snider 1000 Islands tour boats from 1978 to 1980...

Music has been part of island life on Grenell since Uncle Otis had a heavy square grand piano pulled across the ice back...

One can’t discuss boat builders in the Thousand Islands without talking about Joseph Leyare.

After finishing a documentary DVD, a book, and then an updated version of our movie, we were pretty sure that we had com...

In 1867 the Marquess of Queensbury brought structure to the sport of prize fighting. These rules instituted the three mi...

We were headed back upriver, the last scheduled ride on a sunny, August Sunday afternoon. The boat was running well, sli...

March and spring may share the same month on the calendar in the Thousand Islands but they are so very often not on the ...

The Thousand Islands region is filled with picturesque settings, making it a photographer’s heaven. This photographer ho...

The people at the Frontenac Arch Biosphere organization recently invited Andrea Mossop to do an on-the-spot painting dur...

The Darlingside store is located on the St. Lawrence  River, east of the Thousand Island Bridge, on the Canadian sh...

  For me, there are only three seasons: Pre-River Season, River Season and Post-River Season. Pre-River Season s...

The news in the last few years coming from Albany would bring a challenge to even the greatest of optimists. One look at...

I’m editing a cookbook.  Those of you who know me well must be savoring the irony. Don’t get me wrong – I like to e...

"...My parents remembered Alexandria Bay when it was only a “wooding station: where boats landed for fuel.

In the February issue of Thousand Islands Life Magazine we introduced Howard Pyle, one of North America’s premier illust...

Peter appeared in our boatyard. It was a long time since we’d seen each other. "Young Roger!" Peter hailed me, stepping...

As the jacket notes describe: "most charming...

Listen to the audio version as read by Jan Eliot  Some islands tell a story. Grindstone Island tells many of them....

The island road twists through a series of snake-like turns and suddenly there it is - Thousand Island Park- a bit of Am...

Flags abound in the islands. At Grenell Island’s July 2009 regatta, participants were asked to count the flags as they p...

Despite the intentions of the Poker Run, it is frequently cited by environmentalists as an example of conspicuous consumption and pollution.

The second in a series on illustrators of the Thousand Islands.

Part XII and final chapter of Kristen Pinkney's research

The early morning mist drapes...

When the St. Lawrence River freezes over, one mode of transportation is by “ice boat” or “air boat”, as they are called ...

In its second year and with over sixty entries the current winter exhibition at the Arts Center is a showcase of photos ...

“It is amazing how there are so many Taylor drawings which have been printed and reprinted over the past century – yet so little is known about the man. “

Note:  See the complementary Article about Frank H. Taylor in this issue: Nancy L. Gustke’s “The Special Artis...

Anyone who has spent any time in the Thousand Islands becomes accustomed to its creatures... NEW: Audio by Jan Eliot

It wasn’t used and it took up too much space. Yet, chopping it up with an ax and burning it was not an option.

...the season would go in the books as one of the worst since the early 1960s in terms of tonnage. The 25% decrease in cargo volume ...

It isn't easy When I first thought of over-wintering, I thought of all the free time to do just as I pleased. Perhaps a ...

Well today is the fourth of July. I have had a delightful day.

Consistent with our mission of raising the bar, Thousand Island Life seeks to recognize special tributes.

Pilots, by the very nature of their profession, become experts of the waters in their district. They are the logical adv...

The capitalists, the builders of our country, made the Thousand Islands their playground in what we call today the “Gold...

Seasons of change can be felt in many ways. Summer heat and rain changes to cool fall days with blowing leaves and the b...

As snow falls over the River against a backdrop of a chalk white sky, I can't help but think of summer in the Thousand I...

Greg Lago welcomes winter. Everyday, snowy or not, Lago makes his way to his studio on James Street “The good thing abou...

Captain Leath Davis can trace his Wolfe Island roots to the pioneer Hitchcock family who obtained a charter to start a ferry service to Kingston from Wolfe Island.

"Tidd’s Island: a History of its People and Their Stories" was published in July of 2009

Last night we had a delightful serenade. I wonder who it was. He passed the Island five times singing...

Like so many inhabitants of the northern regions, the moose is one that when spotted, is a sight to behold.

Last year we discovered the photography of Andrew B King, (January 2009) who lives on Black Duck Island (Admiralty Islan...

It looks like it could be the end of an era for the last antique wooden tour boat in the Thousand Islands. The Morrisani...

However, once the sun has set, the St. Lawrence River has, amidst all its beauty, a very dark underbelly that continues to this day.

By the time I first arrived on Grenell Island in 1975, my husband’s family had already been on the Point, for nearly a h...

After close to a year spent collecting information, answering questions, copying documents...

It is so beautiful here now nice and pleasant just like

“I am very concerned with the welfare of the steamer Edmund Fitzgerald."[New feature,now available in an audio version, written by Brian Johnson, Wolfe Island; read by Jan Eliot]

I love that place. The way that the dock can stretch for miles upon miles Until you reach the white capped river crashin...

Nobody seemed to know whose idea it was to have a junk day in River Valley, but when people saw the small ad in the Week...

The first Wolfe Island lighthouse was built on the eastern end of the island in 1861...

Tasmania seems like a distant land but for John Carter, Tasmania is a treasure trunk waiting to be opened...

Storybook bridges. Broomstick Castle. An historic boathouse and an idyllic summer retreat called The Folly. This is Fair...

The Pullmans were the first of the islanders to arrive by private railroad car -a sumptuous conveyance, as might be expected of the railroad car builder.

Nobody likes Jury Duty, but for Prudence Matthews, in 1992, it was life-changing. “I knew we could not talk about the t...

The greatest way to experience the Thousand Islands is from the water. Each hidden channel, quiet cove, and marshy bay holds little secrets

Saw Pansy this am. Took a walk and talked over the affair last night. Did not have our hats on.

Janet was five, when her parents bought the cottage on Grenell Island, and it's where she spent her summers. She became ...

Finding a particular photograph, identifying an individual or an historic fact is like finding “gold” to a researcher. ...

For 66 years the legendary “Muskie” Jake Huntley led guests of The Gananoque Inn and Spa on their quest for the illusive muskellunge.

“Warning:  Owners of large and medium sized craft, who navigate the St. Lawrence River between Cornwall and Prescot...

The Ontario landscape has long been known for its ideal geographical location for growing grapes. However, to many of us...

I stepped out onto the grass on a dull gray July morning. Before me, I could see the great St. Lawrence River. The waves...

In 1984 there were three famous men best known for fighting evil spirits which had taken New York City by storm. They to...

D.F. (Dani) Baker and her partner, David Belding, are the owners of  "Cross Island Farms" - one of the region's bes...

In November 1901, Richard Standish Williamson acquired an island in the St. Lawrence River.  Standish, born in 1877...

When my husband proposed to me back in 1974, he asked if I would consider getting married on the island. At that point i...

Mary Lynn Johnston was a Mille Roches girl She had an important chore, while her Mother ran a rooming house And her ...

He wants me to think of him at twelve o’clock and

In 1988 I went to England to carry out research at the National Maritime Archives in Greenwich and the

Change is constant in our world, and certainly in our region. While the focus in the Thousand Islands, more often than n...

A scene from a new Hollywood pirate movie? This spectacular setting on the St. Lawrence River is the backdrop for Toronto folk band Great Lake Swimmers newest music video.

Down at Zina’s Barber Shop we used to laugh and sing; We’d gather and we’d gossip about everything; we’d talk about the ...

Painted over 40 years before, it is the center line of what once was a two lane highway which ran along the shore of a very different River.

Jerry Huck is at the wheel of his Boston Whaler heading west out of his native Rockport on the St. Lawrence River toward...

After mowing the lawn in front of the camp, I took out my snorkeling mask last weekend to cool off and check out the riv...

We're not talking "Pony Express", but about a more-personalized mail service than most receive today, a service that is cherished and greatly appreciated.

What’s one of the very first things you think of after purchasing a new boat? Perhaps you think to yourself, what will I...

Spring of 2007, we returned to Grenell Island to find a display of breath-taking paintings in the Grenell Island Communi...

Saturday August 1st, proved to be a perfect day on the St. Lawrence River in the Admiralty Islands for the first Annual ...

Lynn Beahm, at Arcadia Publishing, sent us several photos of postcards and a description of Arcadia’s recent:  Post...

One of the best ways to see a spectacular string of islands known as the Admiralty Group in the St. Lawrence River is up...

“No one panicked while they were floundering in the water and scrambling for firm ice. Mothers held their children aloft...

It was a good day of fishing on the St. Lawrence River for Floyd Pickerton.  So good, he figured he’d buy everybody...

Random thoughts and photographs about our not so random seasons. If you are reading this, chances are you have visited...

As with surgery, I will never know all there is to know about boating. Moving from being a recreational boater to a mariner is similar.

There was no cake with candles, no singing around the table to the birthday child and no gifts wrapped in multi-colored ...

The Thousand Islands Association (TIA) will be holding their annual general meeting on July 25 at the Thousand Islands P...

A note from a young Grindstone Island summer resident was brought to my attention a couple of weeks ago, citing a need f...

It was a cold and rainy day on June 1st – but the invitation to meet Mike Franklin, Patricia Tague and Rhea Jenkner and ...

…after four hours of continuous searching bleak coves and small inlets, both groups were almost ready to announce that t...

For over sixty years, “Niagara to the Sea” was one of the most famous travel slogans in North America. The phrase was or...

Great Lake Swimmers Back in River Tony Dekker, the lead musician of the Great Lake Swimmers, rests his hand on the helm...

My family was fortunate to call the Balboa our summer home in the Thousand Islands from 1955 to 2008 and it has served...

About 10,000 thunderstorms occur in Ontario during a typical summer and only about 1% of these are "severe"

The morning trip through Crooked Creek follows a route that brings a myriad of contemplations as well as a collage of co...

What went down in history as the Battle of the Thousand Islands ended when the French and Canadian defenders struck thei...

Dudley Danielson is a man who has done just about everything in life, working as a (talented) professional photographer...

Great Lake Swimmers are coming June 6th! Celebrating the Maritime Discovery Center of the Thousand Islands. Eighteen m...

    The following was received in mid-April: Dear Susan, ...

A  documentary that takes viewers beneath the St. Lawrence River to a wreck at the bottom the Brockville Narrows is...

"The World is a wondrous place, rich with texture, color and form, where the magic of light creates an ever changing sta...

One of the unique elements in the Thousand Islands region is our ability to travel between our two countries with relati...

April's TI Life listed Watch Island on the "Properties" page where we post important properties of the region that are f...

  I was once spotted by innocent onlookers who crowned me to be the "crazy guy in a little boat with a big flag," i...

As the new season begins on the River, I’m pleased to offer this Sixth online edition of POLLACK’S GAZETTEER OF THE THOU...

The Peacock Yacht House succumbed to a fire in early 1990’s leaving only the

The tradition of worship in Half Moon Bay began in 1887.  People came from neighbouring islands and from Gananoque ...

In August of 1897, at a meeting of the New York State Fisheries, Game and Forest Commission in Albany a discussion was h...

"Mr. Grey is a beautiful dancer. It is like a dream dancing with him. I wish I knew him better." May Dewey, January 21, ...

Spending the month of August every summer of my youth at my Grandmother's cottage in Thousand Island Park was a child's ...

In March we announced that Ian Coristine's photographs were featured in the March

It started out innocently enough with a cookbook. Then came the song sheets

  This month we welcome Phil Chadwick, aka "Phil the Forecaster", to TI Life, as an artist. Although he trained at ...

The year was 1959. The Barbie doll debuted;

"I was furious & will tell him what I think of him when we meet again." May Dewey, December 31, 1888.

The first time we saw the Inn was in spring, on a day bursting with the promise of a fresh season. The grass was almost ...

Editor's Note:  This month we received two short stories written by friends who paddle together in the summer. Both...

Whoever controlled the St. Lawrence River controlled Canada. The Americans never cut the lifeline of British supplies during the War of 1812...

July 17th will be a special day in Clayton. Two regional arts organizations,

In January the River took its leave, pulled a thick white blanket over itself, and rested. Freed from the turmoil of thr...

Comfort Island is for sale. . .  When Paul Malo created Thousand Islands Life in 2006, he created a Properties page...

Growing up in the Thousand Islands the old homes and

Patricia and Robert Mondore received good news this

Ice on the mighty St. Lawrence is beginning to thaw, but as light snow fell on the morning of February 22, nearly thirty...

We were going to contact you about going airboating with us, but we had a small mishap a few weeks ago.

It can be said every island has its magic. But not every island has its own magician. Honey Bee Island is the summer ho...

The Thousand Islands Biological Station (TIBS) is located on Governor's Island, near Clayton, NY, and is an important re...

The images below were part of a first-time exhibition titled "The Glass River"

I have absolutely no doubt this scene was played out on countless waterways and lakes in the area. The fact that it took...

Have you ever wanted to help the River, but you were not quite sure what to do?  Save The River, an environmental o...

Are the remains of Geronimo in the Thousand Islands? The legendary Apache Chief died

"Well the Pullmans have all left & we are here all alone in our glory.

In January, Phil Chadwick read Dr. Richard Withington's "A Winter Islander" story and offered to write about the weather...

  Some sleep in queen-sized beds on luxury yachts, some sleep under the Thousand Islands sky in a sleeping bag, but...

For the formative years of my career I shot news and documentary programming on 16mm film and later tape. It was the bes...

A “Monster” muskie was caught in the Thousand Islands on November 28th by Ottawa resident Dale MacNair who was with his ...

PRESCOTT: The Canadian Empress is about to set sail from the Fort Town to its next port of call - Brockville - with passengers from all over North America

In listening to the Inauguration, I was struck by our new President's call for individual responsibility. As I thought a...

Have you seen the terns circling over their nests on the Eagle Wing Shoals? When was the last time you walked the Macshe...

"Ella & I did nothing much today. Edgewood has closed & everything is on the decline. I received a letter from L...

The January issue was sent in the late evening and by morning my mailbox received comments, questions and offers to contribute. That was great!

February, the dead of winter, and here we are thinking spring. We asked Roland Pootmans and his wife, Danielle, if they ...

Kim Lunman wrote about John Keats in our January issue (Of Time and an Author) and we all appreciate the Trilogy written...

Snow has covered summer cottage roofs, boats have been shrink wrapped and placed in marina parking lots and ice is formi...

When I envisioned a visit to the Thousand Islands Winery, I imagined the grandeur of Boldt Castle, the upscale atmosphere that typifies the Saint Lawrence River experience. I expected a graying gentleman

Andy King spends most of the summer on Black Duck Island in the Admiralty Islands.  We say "most" because Andy also...

This is the first day of a new month. We all have been hanging around ...

When I was 10 years old, my mother sat me down at her parent’s porch table and showed me her grandmother’s notes written...

In November we received a note from Marnie Ross, a member of the Canadian Thousand Islands Watershed Land Trust, “Would ...

Each month I seek links to the Islands which highlight the area's history and activities, to emphasize why the Islands s...

So you think you're a dedicated Thousand Islander? Dr. Dick Withington (also known as Doc) is enjoying his fourth consec...

Put a thousand islands in your life... This, our second month of a new look, is an exciting one. Certainly all the pers...

GRENADIER ISLAND: June Hodge was born in a houseboat on the St. Lawrence River.

Our story begins

Rexford M. Ennis is the author of several dissertations on Thousand Islands history; often presented to an appreciative ...

It is with great sadness that we report that Aaron Vogel, Executive Director of the Thousand Islands Land Trust, died su...

This is the fifth online edition of “Pollack’s Gazetteer of the Thousand Islands of the United States and Canada in the ...

It is almost Christmas and I am about to buy several boxes of candy to give as presents. Of course I know all about See’...

Kristen Pinkney We are pleased to present Part I of a series to publish a diary, researched and transcribed by Kristen ...

  This month we cover three special places in the Thousand Islands – Brockville, Clayton and the region itself – t...

"Brockville’s Waterfront" first appeared in the Brockville Recorder and Times on August 30, 2008 and subsequently was pu...

HILL ISLAND - To many, the Canadian Shield is the quintessential Canadian landscape—the rugged “north”, ...

There can be no disputing Clayton is the boating capital of the Thousand Islands both on land and in the water. This small U.S. town on the St. Lawrence River has been transformed ...

CLAYTON, NY The salad dressing that put this place on the map might have a slight geography Challenge.

Hello,  Thank you for the great content you give us on Thousand Islands Life. The photos make you feel like you ar...

Many of the officers who fought in the British campaigns during the War of 1812 are commemorated in the Brock Islands. W...

October is a hectic month for Islanders and those who summer in the Thousand Islands, for it is often synonymous with cl...

  ROCKPORT - A Toronto band is using the Thousand Islands as a backdrop for its fourth album, recording in some of...

It is exasperating' said Capt. William FitzWilliam

Throughout the winter, I will provide a number of links to demonstrate how our region of the mighty St. Lawrence River s...

DARK ISLAND N.Y. It's hard to know what to pack when you're going to spend the night in the Royal Suite of a castle as ...

DARK ISLAND N.Y.: Scott Garris gets to be king for a night almost every night of the year at Singer Castle. The 46-year...

  "Malo's gifts were, as his students, many. But his legacy lives on in his lessons about this special place he so ...

Beginning on Saturday, July 5, 2008 and appearing every Saturday through Labour Day Weekend, Kim Lunman's series entitle...

  A special thank you to Judy Wellman, Paul Malo's dear wife and special partner in life. Judy found this articl...

When Paul Malo created Thousand Islands Life, the magazine, in 2005, he did so with a hope that much of the "past" would...

  The Thousand Islands' fine friend, Hal McCarney died on September 16th in Kingston General Hospital. He was 81. ...

  CARLETON ISLAND This is the second story in a series written by staff reporter, Kim Lunman, for the Brockville...

A compliment, for sure by Susan W. Smith One day a few weeks ago, I met Ian Coristine and Mike Franklin to discuss the ...

Feature story and photographs by Mike Franklin I recently discovered the Rosemount Inn & Spa in Kingston and the ar...

A memorial service will be held Saturday Oct. 11 at Hendricks Chapel at Syracuse University for Paul Malo, architect, pr...

More than a Salad Dressing… Years ago, I met a young medical student and I was telling her about my favourite vacation r...

Dedication: This fourth online edition and all subsequent editions of “Pollack’s Gazetteer of the Thousand Islands of th...

The August issue of Thousand Island Life Magazine was dedicated to the memory of Paul Malo.     The magazine ...

The Thousand Islands has lost one its most influential voices. Paul Malo, architect, author and advocate for this magi...

The River community lost a very special member of our community a few weeks ago.  On July 22nd, author and beloved...

As was his way, Paul generously shared credit for this online publication with Mike Franklin and myself but the reality ...

This article, written by Paul Malo, was originally posted in the old format of TI Life as part of the series Grand River...

Nevada and Steele Williams, who landed the black bass at Millens Bay in August, 2007

This article, written by Paul Malo, was originally posted in the old format of TI Life as part of the series Grand River...

Hub Island house, built by Steve Taylor from Wellesley Island.  Originally posted in the old format of TI Life as p...

Consistent with our mission of raising the bar, Thousand Island Life seeks to recognize exceptional quality. Thousand...

Len Rusin is familiar to many viewers since he was the 2006 featured Artist at the Clayton Decoy and Wildlife Art Sho...

Above Clayton, about the year 1937, Fairview Manor was constructed of boulders, sometimes said to be “Adirondack river s...

The last large summer home appeared on “millionaire’s row” prior 1913 (although by one account that property was not acq...

Minding the Store: The Anglers Association, the unofficial key development agency of the 1880s. The Anglers Associati...

Why does the Ontario countryside look so different from that of upstate New York, across the river?  It is largely ...

"I am quite honored and thank you in advance for the opportunity to submit so many to the magazine, I enjoy reading thro...

As this issue of Thousand Islands Life appears, the Preservation League of New York State honors Trude Brown Fitelson at...

Thayendanegea’s father, a prominent warrior, died

“It is as clear in my mind as this morning's newspaper headline: I had just turned ten and for my birthday that year, Ap...

Towards the end of the twentieth century, Thousand Island Park was not the place that is now, when the twenty-first cent...

For the intrepid, the river is a place for all seasons. Several photographs shared by Jan Brabant recall an early April ...

  Aerial photography by Bill Hecht.  Complied by Paul Malo, April 2008  

Obscurity … has hung like a cloud of oblivion over the history of this island

  Re: "Where Have All the Shorelines Gone?" by Bud Andress From: Andrew Textor I'd love to have [you] come take a...

We initiated this "Pisces Redux" series of fishing articles with a less favored species (or at least less popular among ...

The Gananoque Inn & Spa, Gananoque Ontario At the turn of the twentieth century fast rail access made the Thousand ...

  The saga of navigation on Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River, in war and peace, is far too vast and rich a ...

  So, as we have seen during two earlier centuries, prior to the nineteenth century, the region already was widely...

By Bud Andress Not that long ago, some 12,500 years, the great North American continental glacial period drew to an end...

What do Pebble Beach, California; Amelia Island, Florida; Michigan's Meadowbrook Hall; Lake Como, Italy; and hopefully t...

Pete Medcalf lives on Hill Island, near the Thousand Islands Bridge. The Medcalf family cruised the Thousand Islands on ...

These gorgeous images, appearing like abstract paintings, were photographed on infared film in order to show the changin...

Alfred Worsley Holdstock [1820?-1901] moved from England to Montreal about 1850. There he taught drawing at the National...

As an avid (some might say obsessed) kayaker, I feel fortunate to have been able to get up close and personal with my li...

Overlooked by history was the designer of many river landmarks--overlooked because he did not practice independently but...

Are Carp news? Have the big fish suddenly migrated into our waters, perhaps filling some void left by decline in other s...

Most of us have spent a lifetime—or a lifetime of summers—on the river without ever even seeing, let alone catching, a M...

We think of landmarks as being on land, but we have underwater landmarks on the river. Soon we may have one more. A non-...

Before we had hotels, we had inns. Before we had inns, we had taverns. The earliest accommodations for visitors on the r...

If Muskies grow large, the real colossus of our fish is the sturgeon, “the King of Fish.” A six-foot long record-breaker...

Most of us ask what a place offers us;  fewer of us ask what we can offer the place.  Thousand Islands Life co...

Ian Coristine, the preeminent photographer of the Thousand Islands, produces pictures professionally. He derives revenue...

I was initially drawn into the bay by the sight of a heron hunting there. The mist and the early morning light and still...

Answer:  When it's a Great Lakes freighter on the river. Capt. Bill Millar of Carleton Island, himself skipper of ...

The major photographer of the Thousand Islands, A. C. McIntyre began taking daguerreotypes in the mid-nineteenth century...

  Competing against nearly 7,500 entries, Ian Coristine's latest publication received a Premier Print Award.  ...

The Clark family of Comfort Island in 1893 acquired the first houseboat on the river, the Comfort (later Balboa). As Pau...

For several years Rex (Rexford M.) Ennis of Grindstone Island has been compiling research for a biography of Charles Goo...

One of the leading international publishers, Rizzoli, currently is

Help Me Catalog the Thousand Islands. International Collaborative Effort Sought Since appearance of the last issue o...

Photographs of Brockville by Brockville resident, Stephanie L Woods.  2007  King Street Old Post Office ...

Phil Amsterdam, himself an old tour-boat guide and boat-line operator, complains about about sitting on his Cherry Islan...

Nearly a century has passed since the first golden age of the Thousand Islands ended. A "funeral" party in 1913 at the T...

A new publication presents a collection of Thousand Islands images from the past. Dudley Danielson, known to many of us ...

Standing on the peninsula-like head of Carleton Island ...

  The following presentation has been adapted from an article that appeared in the Thousand Islands Sun Vacationer ...

Clayton's Carl Frink was known as inventor of the steel snow plow. His Frink Sno-Plow Co. by the 1930s had become the largest producer of snow plows in America. The Clayton plant closed in 2000, after the firm became Frink-America, Inc.

  In 2006 Paul Malo shared a collection of Carleton Villa photographs.  These historic photographs have been ...

Instead of our patchwork of public parklands on the river, we might have had—and perhaps almost had—a larger...