Articles from April 2016

April showers this year are snow pellets. However, many of us have already opened the cottage and started summer ‘16 with the heat on.
What is happening: Meet our new contributors: Dan Mack, Pete M. Anderson, Lee Willbanks and 10-year-old Janevra Pier - We pay tribute to Sandy Beach Resort’s Gilbert Plaw - We ask if there is a thief on the River? - We present the Empire State Tourism Office video by Horizon Aerials. and more. . .

The first island I ever visited was Mackinac Island in Lake Huron. Sadly, I was only three and have no memory of the vis...

Early Years Now that the river has once again awoken from its winter slumber the familiar sight of Uncle Sam tour boa...

Henderson Harbor, on Lake Ontario, is more than 100 miles by boat from Waddington, N.Y., where the Bassmaster Elite Seri...

Editor’s Note: “How I miss the Thousand Islands,” is a sentence I see in emails every month.  One of those came from Dan...

TO EVERYTHING THERE IS A SEASON Celebrating the ever changing color palette of our landscape in Upstate New York; Acryli...

Yes, they are back… Some of Canada’s best-known authors are coming to Gananoque for a literary festival, fr...

It was the first day of spring, March 20th, 2016. My family and I decided to go on a spring hike to one of our favourite...

April Sudoku Challenge brings you two puzzles that will test your Sudoku skills! First, we will revisit the approach ...

With March and April, the snows melted away; brooks roared to life; lakes and rivers rose. Insects emerged searching, hu...

U.S. and Canadian governments poised to remove St Lawrence River from list of endangered rivers with a simple the stroke...

Sitting on the waters stone edge throwing twigs in the River aiming rocks at a distant ledge the cooler evening air make...