Places

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

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.

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

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 ...

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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 ...

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’...

"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.

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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.