We decided to take a 3 hour tour of the 1000 island area. We explored Kingston and Ft Henry in the morning then made it to the tour that afternoon. Hearing the history of the 1000 Island area was pretty amazing. Some interesting trivia:
1. 1000 Island Dressing was developed by the wife of a 1000 Island inhabitant. Some how it became popular in the area and George Boldt, millionaire owner of the Waldorf Hotel in New York, tasted it and decided to have the recipe in his hotels.
2. Around 1900 George Boldt began building a European style castle on the New York side of 1000 Islands St Lawerence sea way. Hundreds of workers came in and the castle was almost fully completed. Sadly Boldt's beloved wife passed away before the castle was finished. It is now preserved as a museum.
3. The New York side of the st Lawerence Sea Way was known as "Millionaire's Row" during the Gilded Age as famous artists, politicians, and etc build homes on the islands as summer homes.
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