Wellesley Island/Thousand Islands - the St Lawrence Seaway

Welcome to the Thousand Islands!

The bridge to Wellesley Island. $2.50 to go, Free to return. From the US side, it crosses the shipping channel of the Saint Lawrence Seaway, so it's REALLY HIGH! Fabulous view!

We stayed at Seaway Island RV Park on Wellesley Island. We woke several mornings to look out the back door and see deer eating apples from a nearby tree! Bruce got this great shot right out the door!

You can see we had lots of room at this location too! Maybe because of the economy, there were plenty of open campsites. The campground owns property on both sides of the road, and it was just a short walk across the street and down onto docks on the river. From there you could watch the ocean going vessels as well as river traffic - up close and personal!

The little campground store didn't have a lot to offer, but they did have the best icecream and for prices not seen in a decade or two! YUM! We had to do a lot of extra walking and some swiming to compensate!

One piece of poor planning; they put their dump site on one side of the exit road, and the rinse faucet (with a too short hose) on the other! You have to move the cute phony well cover to find the dump, but they say it stops the kids from playing in it! A shortage of parents?


Bruce says he thinks it's a dexterity test - they want to see if you can crawl under the trailer to get the hose!

Well, we didn't have to deal with that until we left, and while there, besides our nearly daily icecream cones, we did a reasonable job of touring the area.

We spent one day riding and had lunch in Gananoque, Canada. It gave us a chance to spend the remainder of our Canadian money while enjoying the sights! Unfortunately, when we grabbed the camera that morning, we forgot the battery was out re-charging!! You'll just have to trust us - it's beautiful!

Later in the week we took the traditional boat tour of the Thousand Islands out of Alexandria Bay, and yes, we even took a functional camera! Out of over a hundred pictures (so we got carried away!) here are a few....

Our Boat as it came in to pick us up...

The power plant structure attached to the island at Boldt Castle. In the past you could get off the tour boat and wander around the island looking at these incredible structures and enjoying the grounds, even if you didn't want to tour the Castle. NOT any more! It's all or nothing, so we took a pass and stayed on the boat.



On the approximately 1800 islands, there are many with just one house and hardly any "island" at all!

On the other hand there are some fabulous homes on larger islands, like the one to the right below, many owned by business titans familiar to most of us.

The home directly below is on one of two islands owned by one family. The bridge you can see is in fact the shortest international bridge! They say the owner has commented that when he would get in trouble with his wife, he just took his dog, some beer, and went to the other country until things calmed down!

Even though we hate to leave this area, we're off next to Parish, NY.

Carol & Bruce