Articles by 'Michael Folsom'
You could say it all started on December 28, just days before the Seaway was set to close for the season, as Pacific Huron, a 623-foot ocean-going vessel, ran aground
by: Michael Folsom
Friends gathered in the historic Clayton Opera House, to pay tribute to a well-known regional musician, while outside, a...
by: Michael Folsom
In like a lion and out like a lamb, or is it the other way around? Either way, March usually involves those references a...
by: Michael Folsom
Just as both side of the river prepared to enjoy the Christmas holiday, those aboard the ocean-going vessel Orsula were ...
by: Michael Folsom
The 2013 season is officially up and running on all cylinders throughout the region. Ice has melted, birds have returned...
by: Michael Folsom
There was no ice to thaw as the Seaway season got underway back in March due to temperatures being higher than normal th...
by: Michael Folsom
Bottoms up for the St. Lawrence River… but not the kind you would tip your glass for.
The bottom of the St. Law...
by: Michael Folsom
Editor’s Note: On May 30, Michael Folsom published this message on his website Ship Watcher Blog. Michael is...
by: Michael Folsom
The first sign of the shipping season came early, one full day early to be exact.
Mississagi made its way from Hamilton...
by: Michael Folsom
Where has the winter gone? Or better yet, where was it, to begin with?
The 2011 shipping season managed to sail away un...
by: Michael Folsom
It’s a question that is so often taken out of context. Does size matter?
More times than not the response is – No. Howe...
by: Michael Folsom
Have you been to Clayton lately? If not, you are probably missing out on some interesting sights along the water.
For...
by: Michael Folsom
The Day Has Finally Come - June 14, 2011 – a day I will remember.
I woke up just after 6 a.m. to begin my day. I was ho...
by: Michael Folsom
Channel markers were removed from the Thousand Islands Regional Dock in Clayton last month, indicating that the 2011 shi...
by: Michael Folsom
The ice is thawing and the birds are starting to migrate back to islands. However, birds aren’t the only ones making the...
by: Michael Folsom
The 2010 Seaway season rolled in like a lamb back at the end of March, but it wouldn’t take long for it to become nothin...
by: Michael Folsom
A ship passes across the frigid, icy waters of Lake Ontario on a late November morning. Sea fog rises off the ripples of...
by: Michael Folsom
Thousand (1000) Islands Images is exactly what Paul and Lil have been pursuing...
by: Michael Folsom
Another shipping incident, this time involving a tug and two barges in the tight quarters of the American Narrows near Alexandria Bay.
by: Michael Folsom
Paper work. Mounds and mounds of paper work pile high on a desk in an office over the summer months – a common sight for...
by: Michael Folsom
At roughly 9:00 a.m. on Sunday, July 4, Algobay had made its way past Singer Castle and began drifting out of the channe...
by: Michael Folsom
It is early in the shipping season, however there is a lot happening in the region related to the St. Lawrence Seaway.
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by: Michael Folsom
Every spring begins as the birds migrate, the snow melts and the little white and green tug boat sitting in Massena, New...
by: Michael Folsom
The Thousand Islands region is filled with picturesque settings, making it a photographer’s heaven. This photographer ho...
by: Michael Folsom
...the season would go in the books as one of the worst since the early 1960s in terms of tonnage. The 25% decrease in cargo volume ...
by: Michael Folsom
Seasons of change can be felt in many ways. Summer heat and rain changes to cool fall days with blowing leaves and the b...
by: Michael Folsom
In 1984 there were three famous men best known for fighting evil spirits which had taken New York City by storm. They to...
by: Michael Folsom
What’s one of the very first things you think of after purchasing a new boat? Perhaps you think to yourself, what will I...
by: Michael Folsom
There was no cake with candles, no singing around the table to the birthday child and no gifts wrapped in multi-colored ...
by: Michael Folsom
I was once spotted by innocent onlookers who crowned me to be the "crazy guy in a little boat with a big flag," i...
by: Michael Folsom
The year was 1959. The Barbie doll debuted;
by: Michael Folsom
Ice on the mighty St. Lawrence is beginning to thaw, but as light snow fell on the morning of February 22, nearly thirty...
by: Michael Folsom
Some sleep in queen-sized beds on luxury yachts, some sleep under the Thousand Islands sky in a sleeping bag, but...
by: Michael Folsom
Snow has covered summer cottage roofs, boats have been shrink wrapped and placed in marina parking lots and ice is formi...
by: Michael Folsom
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