The Picturesque St. Lawrence River, Kingston and Cape Vincent to Morristown and Brockville (1895)

By  Jno. A. Haddock

Filled with historical sketches and images of people and places on the Canadian and American sides of the river, The Picturesque St. Lawrence River provides the reader with a view of the connections between the families and communities discussed within its covers.

This premium bound modern printing will be of great interest to all of those who have a connection to the Thousand Islands region.

Contents include:

• Introduction
• The Chain of Title (who holds ownership of the islands)
• A Rainy Day at the Islands
• Biographical Sketches (including photos and lithographs)
• The Royal Military College - Canada's West Point
• General Description of the area - Historical and Opinions of Visitors
• Early "Indian" History
• Carleton Island and The Revolution
• Upon the Rivers in the Early 1840's
• The French Owners of The Thousand Islands
• Thousand Island Park
• The Crossmon House and Its Founders
• Some Biographical Sketches
• The Men I've Met upon The Great River
• A Bonaparte In Northern New York
• The Mystery of Maple Island
• Old Fort Frontenac and Modern (1895) Kingston
• The Thousand Islands in Autumn - The Pot Holes
• The Whittlesey Affair
• The "Patriot" War
• John Haddock's Celebrated Balloon Voyage with Prof. La Mountain
• The Awakening of Henry Backus
• The War of 1755, with an allusion to the "Lost Channel"
• The Castorland Colony
• Castorland and the French Settlement There
• Descriptions of the Thousand Islands (by travelers, historians, and statistical writers)
• Poetic Associations of the Thousand Islands (boat songs and poems)
• Geology of the Thousand Islands
• Boundaries of the Thousand Islands
• Light Houses of the Thousand islands
• Navigation and Lumbering
• The St Lawrence Real Estate Association
• Membership Lists - Thousand Island Club
• Island Directory (names of islands and owners from Clayton NY to Goose Bay)
• Early Recollections of Alexandria Bay
• Along the Saint Lawrence in the War Days of 1861-1865
• Grand View Park
• What Caused the St. Lawrence River...
• The Technique of Fishing
• The Anglers Association of The St. Lawrence River (pre 1895)
• The Phantom Minnow
• Gananoque - Past and Present (1895)
• Brockville - Gateway to the Thousand Islands
• The Folger Brothers
• The Origin of Printing on the Shores of The St. Lawrence
• More Biographical Sketches
• Picturesque Kingston
• More About Kingston
• Carleton Villa
• Count Frontenac
• Central park Hotel
• Index

This printing is a faithful reproduction of the original with two exceptions. The original included two fold out plates. The first is a colour map of the area between Kingston and Chimney Island (near Brockville), and the other a picture of the waterfront skyline of early Kingston. We decided that these two features could be improved, so we increased the size of each. The colour map is now a 24" fold out. And the picture of Kingston from the water is a 16" fold out.

The Picturesque St. Lawrence River is printed on premium paper for the best possible reproduction of photographs and lithographs. The original book was printed with a small font and the ink is quite light.  This new printed edition is identical but with the print darkened a few percentage points.  The digital edition is identical to the original  without enhancement.

Bound in sturdy hardcover with textured dark-green covering, this book will be treasured by family members for generations.

Details:
416 Pages
8" Wide X 11" Tall
Hardcover (premium grade)
Fold-out colour map (11" X 24") of Kingston to Chimney Island (Near Brockville)
Fold-out photograph (11" X 16") of Kingston skyline (1895)
Photographs and illustrations of people and places
Index
Jno. A. Haddock, Watertown, New York, 1895
This edition published by Global Heritage Press, Milton, Ontario, 2009
ISBN: 978-1-897446-97-3