Fryer, Mary Beacock

Presents a history of the Thousand Islands region of New York State and Ontario and the St. Lawrence River from the time of the first European explorers to its growth as a tourist area in the 20th century.

In 1789, with tensions still running high in the aftermath of the American Revolution, twelve-year-old Ned Seamen and his family make an arduous journey toward Canada, hoping to join other Americans who had remained loyal to Great Britain.