Using a horse to drag ice blocks up a chute into the ice house at the Buster Crab camp in Onchiota (previously the Adirondack Florida School). Onchiota, NY. Circa 1940 to 1950. Photo donated by Jill McKenty.
The tour boat “New Island Wanderer III.” It was one of the boats on Paul Boat Line. 1950s or ’60s. On the St. Lawrence River near the Thousand Islands, NY. Courtesy of the Alexandria Township Historical Society.
Sis III, the third boat from Sis Boat Lines. It was a tour boat that went down the St. Lawrence River. 1940s or ’50s. On the St. Lawrence River near Alexandria Bay, NY. Courtesy of the Alexandria Township Historical Society.
The tour boat “New Island Wanderer I.” It was one of the boats on Paul Boat Line. 1950s or ’60s. On the St. Lawrence River near the Thousand Islands, NY. Courtesy of the Alexandria Township Historical Society.
Three fishing guides pose with their catch. These fishing guides would paddle gentlemen fishermen about 30 miles a day in their skiffs. Most of the time, they would cook the tourists’ dinner with the fish they caught, called shore dinners. Circa 1870s. On the St. Lawrence River near Alexandria Bay, NY. Courtesy of the Alexandria […]
Barbara Brown announcing (giving tour information) during an Uncle Sam Boat Tour on the St. Lawrence River. Late 1970s. Alexandria Bay, NY. Courtesy of Barbara Brown. You can listen to Barbara Brown remembering her time as an announcer in the audio clip.
George W. Brown (right) and another captain pose next to their boats. Brown gave guided tours of the Thousand Islands. Circa 1930. Alexandria Bay, NY. Courtesy of Barbara Brown.
William Horace “Hod” Brown driving his tour boat, called “Just Landing.” Brown was a tour boat guide and fishing guide. Circa 1900. Near Alexandria Bay, NY. Courtesy of Barbara Brown.
A large wall of muskrat pelts trapped by Roy Johnson. Johnson was known as the “preacher-trapper” because he worked as both. Circa 1979. Philadelphia, NY. Courtesy of Dave Johnson. Listen to Dave Johnson on his father’s trapping in the audio clip.
Roy C. Johnson, who was known as the “preacher-trapper” because those were his two occupations, displaying pelts he trapped. Circa 1960. Hamlet of Brier Hill in Morristown, NY. Courtesy of Dave Johnson.
