Articles from August 2009

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.

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...