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Articles by 'Michael Folsom'

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...

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

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

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

...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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

The year was 1959. The Barbie doll debuted;

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

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

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