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We live in a floating world, sometimes called "the Venice of America." Most of what we do involves water, at least in getting to destinations. We carry golf clubs and tennis rackets aboard. We have have a sail-in chapel where participants remain on their boats. We may tie up at a waterside theater or restaurant. In the evening we may appear in our boats incongruously attired, sailing en route to a ball or dinner party. Less glamorously, we usually are seen hauling supplies, or carrying refuse to the recycling depot. |
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Lyman boat at Binnacle Island dock, Paul Malo photograph. |
The special place of boats in our lives is celebrated by the Antique Boat Museum at Clayton, the leading freshwater boating museum in the world. Wooden boats are revered locally, with a remarkable collection of privately owned craft comprising an outdoor museum that compliments the historic boats of the musem. We have a Thousand Islands chapter of the Antique and Classic Boat Society and annual boat shows at several places. Some of our prized old boats appear in Tony Mollica's book, mentioned elsewhere. |
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Painting by Theodore Gegoux, courtesy Theodore Gegoux III. Restaurant image courtesy Hart House, Wellesley Island.
Photographs courtesy of Glyn Davies, Dave Marshall, Thousand Islands Country Club, Michael Ringer Gallery.
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