A souvenir of the Thousand Islands of the St. Lawrence River from Kingston and Cape Vincent to Morristown and Brockville Author: Haddock, John A. Description: A souvenir of the Thousand Islands of the St. Lawrence River from Kingston and Cape Vincent to Morristown and Brockville : with their recorded history from the earliest times, their legends, their romances, their fortifications, and their contests : including both the American and Canadian channels. Alexandria Bay, N.Y.: J.A. Haddock, 1896. View this book online Subject(s): Thousand Islands (N.Y. and Ont.) Saint Lawrence River. New York (State) -- Jefferson County New York (State) -- Thousand Islands Table of Contents: Title page Front matter Maps The Thousand Islands The chain of title A rainy day at the islands Hon. Eldridge G. Merick Governor Roswell Pettibone Flower Hon. James C. Spencer Canadas West Point. The Royal Military College at Kingston An international book General description, historical and otherwise, with some opinions of travellers Carlton Island in the Revolution Hon. Thomas G. Alvords fishing experiences upon the river, early in the forties Thousand Island Park The Red Cross An international park Captain Simon C. Johnston Capt. Aldridge Kendall Capt. Eli Kendall Chas. H. Kendall Some Older Captains Samuel B. Grennell Howard S. Folger Mr. Francis M. Hugo Captain C. Hinckley Captain H. C. Hudson Captain Chester W. Reese Captain Henry T. Johnston Catherine--Known in history as "Kate" Johnston Captain E. F. Forrester Captain Elisha W. Visger Portraits Captain Walter L. Visiger Captain Frank Kendall Captain James A. Taylor Captain George Sweet The St. Lawrence River and inland navigation How the Indians learned the rapids The Frontenac hotel and Round Island The Chippewa Yacht Club Coopers "Pathfinder" and Station Island A glance at Clayton Steam yachts for hire Chapt. Andrew H. Miller Chapt. H. W. Visger Miss Nellie M. Kendall On historic ground The men I have met upon the great river The river captains A Bonaparte in Northern New York The mystery of Maple Island H. Walter Webb Theodore Butterfield Colonel Zebulon Howell Benton Burning of the steamer "Sir Robert Peel" General William H. Angell The Whittlesey affair The "Patriot" War An episode of Northern New York The awakening of Henry Backus The War of 1755 Frank H. Taylor the Castorland Colony Art of the angler History of the lost channel What caused the great St. Lawrence River, and why does it flow where it does? The technique of fishing Gananoque--Past and present Brockville, the gate-city to the Thousand Islands The Sportsmans Song The origin of printing on the shores of the St. Lawrence biographical sketch of J. L. H. Neilson, M. D., R. C. A., deputy surgeon-general Melzar Fowler John N. Fowler The Spicer Family La Salle Count Frontenac Poetic Associations of the Thousand Islands Early recollections of Alexandria Bay The Gulf of St. Lawrence A summer institute established at Thousand Island Park A few "donts" for excursionists Murray Hill hotel and park Forest G. Weeks Yachting The first printers upon the St. Lawrence Point Vivian Back matter Index of whole-page illustrations Index

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