Description
The cover of this vintage souvenir reads Souvenir of THOUSAND ISLANDS N.Y. On it’s back is A Picturesque View Of Bolt Castle, Heart Island By Moonlight, Thousand Island, N.Y. Inside are pictures of Devil’s Oven, Out Of Sight Canal, Castle Rest, Pullman Estate, Boldt Castle, Lost Channel, International Rift, Swiss Chalet, Grenell Island And Yacht Club, Willow Channel, American Channel, Islands in The Canadian Channel, The Canal At Boldt Estate, Dark Island, Thousand Island Yacht Club, Benson’s Rift, Deer Island, Thousand Island Country Club And Rock Island Light. Also inside is “THOUSAND ISLANDS Venice Of America. At the point where Lake Ontario empties into the St. Lawrence River lies the southern border of the enchanting region called the Thousand Islands, which extends for almost eighty miles down the river. This wide expanse Of River And isles was referred to by poetic red men as “Manatoana”, or “The Garden Of the Great Spirit.” As usual, the Indians expressed the spirit of that beauty spot in fitting terms, for it was the haunt of all sorts of wild game and a paradise for the native fisher and hunter. It is alive with the tradition of the early settlers of this continent and with the traditions of it’s first inhabitants. One can glide through the windings of the “Lost Canal” where the ill-fated Coxswain Terry, on the Onondaga, And his men so strangely disappeared in the old days when Canada was still New France, or seek some solitary isle and leave the world behind when the mood is on.” Published by the Wm. Jubb Co., Inc., Syracuse, N.Y. Condition is as shown in pictures. Thanks for looking!
