proudly presents: A Sunset Cruise in The 1000 Islands. Brockville, Ontario, Canada. written & photographed by : Fergus JM Ducharme , assisted by: Roselyn J. Parrenas & Jessica Ducharme-Gauthier.
proudly presents:
A Sunset Cruise in
The 1000 Islands. Brockville, Ontario, Canada.
written & photographed by: Fergus JM Ducharme,
assisted by: Roselyn J. Parrenas & Jessica Ducharme-Gauthier.
2
Now, I hadn’t been on a 1,000 Islands
Cruise in over 30 years when I was the
General Manager of one of Canada’s
leading tour operators. Things haven’t
changed that much since my last island
tour.. We, all four of us, Roselyn,
Jessica, Granddaughter Alexandra and
myself were brimming with joy and
excitement at what we could discover in
Eastern end of the famed 1,000 Islands
She Who Must be Obeyed # 1 &
She Who Must be Obeyed # 2.
It’s couple of days before we start the homeward bound trip to Iloilo after a
magnificent vacation visiting with family and friends. She Who Must be Obeyed
had never had the opportunity to do a 1000 Islands Cruise and we all decided that
today was to be the day. So, here is Roselyn’s 1000 Islands Cruise, we hope you
enjoy it as much as she did!
The Fair Jean is
docked in Brockville’s
inner harbour.
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
I say that ‘we’ decided that today would be Roselyn’s opportunity to see a part of the
1,000 Islands for the first time. The ‘we’ refers to Jessica and Alexandra, my daughter
and granddaughter.
Contrary to popular opinion there are not 1,000 Islands in this section of the St
Lawrence River. There are actually over 1,800 of them. Now, the Canadian
Government definition of an Island is important to remember while visiting this region.
It states that an island is a piece of ‘land’ which is at least 3 feet above water level
and has no less than 2 trees on it…
Here is an example of one of the islands which is solely inhabited by a flock of
cormorants, who have actually taken over the island and have become a ‘pest’.
Repeated efforts to control them have failed and there seems to be little or nothing that
can be done about them. They apparently reproduce as fast or faster than rabbits, their
guano causes a pervasive stink over the island and surrounding waters and they eat
over 2.5 times or more of their weight in fish every day. That has local commercial and
recreational fishermen extremely concerned about the fishery in this section of the river.
As we get underway we leave the harbour and head towards the east. We head towards
the : “Three Sisters” which are three small islands that officially mark the beginning of
the 1,000 Islands, which as we mentioned consists of over 1,800 islands between the
“Three Sisters Islands” at Brockville to the “Two Brothers Islands” immediately east of
Kingston at the mouth of Lake Ontario.
These are “The Three Sisters” Islands, two of which are uninhabited except for the
Cormorants we talked about moments ago and the third has a small cottage and an
outbuilding…
9
The only inhabited of The Three Sisters Islands, across the channel facing the town of
Morristown, New York
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
Facing The Three Sisters Islands along the Ontario shore, almost immediately across
the River from Morristown, NY is what is called Brockville’s Millionaires Row, featuring
several heritage homes built on the 1800’s by the then multi-millionaires of the region.
One of the most interesting of these homes is the Fulford Mansion which was actually
built by Fulford who made his fortune by manufacturing and selling: Dr William’s Pink
Pills for Pale People. The home includes over 20,000 square feet of living space. We’ll
have a more extensive visit in the coming weeks.
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
A look back towards Brockville
city as the tour boat turns to
head west, you are impressed
by the view of the skyline which
appears to be dominated by
church steeples…there are
actually four churches that
dominate the skyline.
Some of the historical buildings in Morristown, NY
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
Summer homes along the Canadian side of the St Lawrence
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
One of the over 1,800 Islands in the 1,000 Islands Group
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
A cemetery along the St Lawrence River in the 1,000 Islands
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
© historicphilippines.com 2014. All Rights Reserved
We want to thank the following for their contributions to this article:
Photos provided by: ,
Other materials and some photos provided by: www.wikipedia.org
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution - ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License
If you have suggestions or recommendations on how we can
improve this service for you please e-mail your ideas along to:
Visit our main website at either of the addresses below:
or Like Us on Facebook at:
www.facebook.com/historicoldphilippines
www.historicphilippines.com or www.oldphilippines.com
Just a few of the churches Historic Philippines
has visited & reported on just for you!