Thousand Islands

At two the next morning we weighed with the land-wind at south, and stood out clear of the shoal; but before noon were obliged to come-to again in twenty-eight fathom, near a small island among those that are called the Thousand Islands, which we did not find laid down in any chart.

A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 13 Robert Kerr 1784

One of the men at the bar ran fishing boats to Thousand Islands and we told him about the dead alligator, describing how we didn't know what it was at first because we couldn't see its head or tail, just its white belly drifting in the marsh.

The Last Swim Marcelle Heath 2011

And don't even get me started on the High Peaks of the Adirondacks, or the Thousand Islands.

What if I did a summer trip, going to U.S. cities where I could do meet-ups with readers... Ann Althouse 2009

(Louis had another Sigman/Hilliard hit that year with the deadpan "Thousand Islands Song" -- "I left the one I love on one of the Thousand Islands; unfortunately, I can't remember which one.")

Michael Sigman: 'Civilization' and its Disc Contents 2009

At least, not out here at the Thousand Islands border crossing in the middle of the night on a long weekend.

What's In A Name? 2008

At least, not out here at the Thousand Islands border crossing in the middle of the night on a long weekend.

Archive 2008-10-12 2008

The saloon-windows were dimmed with snow, so I went out on deck and braved the driving wind and snow on that inhospitable morning, for we were in the Lake of the Thousand Islands.

The Englishwoman in America 2007

My wife always regretted the way her parents sold her childhood summer home in the Thousand Islands.

I Have Michael's Glove! Should I Save It Or Sell It on eBay? 2005

He piloted her up and down the St. Lawrence, around the Great Lakes, and among the Thousand Islands.

Asimov's Science Fiction 2004

Thousand Islands and lead to the head waters of the rivers of the coast.

Dick in the Everglades A. W. Dimock