Nature

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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