GHOSTS OF THE THOUSAND ISLANDS

The Thousand Island name is not an exaggeration. There are actually more than a thousand islands of various sizes in an area of the St. Lawrence River between the United States and Canada near the eastern shores of Lake Ontario. These islands have been visited by early explorers, utilized by pirates for hiding themselves and their stolen treasures, used by rum-runners during Prohibition days, become luxury getaways for the wealthy, and a popular tourist location. Many of these uses are conducive to ghostly legends, and the area abounds with stories of the supernatural. Pirates murdered and left behind to guard buried treasure, deceased owners continuing to prowl secret passages in castles, spurned lovers left behind or killed, and the untimely deaths involved in the illegal whisky smuggling; what more could a ghost want? Read about these and many more in The Ghosts of the Thousand Islands.

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