Unidentified men cutting ice near Oak Island in Hammond. Ice saw and horses in background. Man in foreground holding a pike for moving ice. Note: Every cheese factory needed an icehouse to keep cheese cool in the summer. Most towns had several cheese factories to handle milk produced by area farmers. Circa 1910-1920. Hammond, NY.
Sturgeon taken from the St. Lawrence River by Lawrence Taylor. Circa late 1940s or early 1950s. Hammond, NY. Check out this North Country at Work story on one man’s job as a sturgeon fisher.
Floyd Babcock making his rounds, as caretaker of island properties on the St. Lawrence River. Scow Island is in the background. Circa 1950s. Chippewa Bay, NY.
Captain and crew member on deck of a ship on the St. Lawrence River. Circa 1940s. Exact location unknown.
Gregory and Kendall (last names unknown) deckhands, with the Edith II, one of the boats operated by Uncle Sam Boat Tours. Circa 1960s. Thousand Islands area.
Captain Bill Massey and N. Whittemore on Uncle Sam tour boat. Circa 1960s. Thousand Islands area in NYS.
Canada Steamship Lines Limited “Kingston” paddlewheel steamer on the St. Lawrence River. Circa 1920s. Precise location unknown. Photo by Toronto Panoramic Photography.
“The St. Lawrence,” a Canada Steamship Lines steamer on the St. Lawrence River. 1962. Unknown dock.
The Thousand Island Bridge, known as the Ivy Lea Bridge on the Canadian Side, from mainland US to Wellesley Island and Canada. Circa 1935-37. Wellseley Island, NY.
Leander Soule’s ferry ran between Pillar Point and Sackets Harbor for many years around the turn of the century. Circa 1900. Photo from Town and Country, which published it on 9/20/72. Sackets Harbor, NY.
