Coristine photo graces new Thousand Islands stamp
MAY 6, 2024
From Far and Wide: New stamps take Canadians on cross-country journey to nine scenic locations
Fourth edition of multi-year series promotes travel and exploration
OTTAWA – Canada Post’s From Far and Wide series is back with nine spectacular images of must-see Canadian destinations.
Launched in 2018, the multi-year series celebrates Canada’s natural beauty and vibrant cultural landscapes. The fourth edition features seven provinces and two territories, taking viewers on a cross-country journey that will stir a sense of adventure and appreciation.
The 2024 From Far and Wide stamps showcase the following sites – each captured by a different photographer from across Canada:
- Tongait KakKasuangita SilakKijapvinga – Torngat Mountains National Park, Newfoundland and Labrador (Michael Winsor)
- Tehjeh Deé (South Nahanni River), Nááts'įhch'oh National Park Reserve – Northwest Territories (Colin Field)
- Sunflowers – Altona, Manitoba (Mike Grandmaison)
- Galiano Island, British Columbia (James Stevenson)
- Abbaye de Saint-Benoît-du-Lac, Quebec (Ladislas Kadyszewski)
- Point Prim Lighthouse – Belfast, Prince Edward Island (Sander Meurs)
- Thousand Islands, Ontario (Ian Coristine)
- Restigouche River, New Brunswick (Guylaine Bégin)
- Qarlinngua sea arch – Arctic Bay, Nunavut (Clare Kines)
About the stamps
The five Permanent™ domestic-rate stamps are available in booklets of 10 (two of each design), coils of 100 and 5,000, and strips of five and 10. The U.S., oversized- and international-rate stamps come in booklets of six, coils of 50, and strips of four and 10. Effective today, postage rates for stamps purchased in a booklet, coil or pane increase by seven cents, to 99 cents per stamp.
The issue also includes a collectible souvenir sheet and postcards featuring each of the nine stamps. The souvenir sheet Official First Day Cover was cancelled in Belfast, Prince Edward Island (the location of the Point Prim Lighthouse). The issue was designed by Stéphane Huot.
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SLICE TRAVEL EPISODE 1
Canada: The 1000 Islands of the Saint Lawrence | SLICE TRAVEL | EPISODE 1
The series takes viewers on an imposing visual journey through a unique island paradise in the border region between Canada and the United States. The wild beauty of islands and their landscape, some of it untouched, have fascinated people for centuries.
The films depict the different faces of this island world, from luxurious summer residences to the legendary secret island, from historical estates to the untouched wilderness of the nature reserves.
Documentary: 1000 Islands – Saint Lawrence – Episode 1 (2017)
Direction: Almut Faass & Frank Gensthaler
Production: Spiegel TV
Serendipity on the St. Lawrence River
Todd Moe visits photographer Ian Coristine on Raleigh Island, his seasonal home on the river, for a chat about his latest book of photographs of the Thousand Islands region. (14:51)
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Private Island News
Private Island News, an online magazine devoted exclusively to the exciting world of privately-owned islands, explores the story behind photographer Ian Coristine's fantastic mixed-media eBook, One in a Thousand. Written by the owner of one of the small inhabited isles that dot the St. Lawrence River, One in a Thousand expertly employs narrative, imagery and music to take readers on a vivid journey through Ian's adventures with developing and living on Raleigh Island. Available though the iPad App Store, this creative eBook has garnered rave reviews and is a must for any island lover.
Palmistry - Great Lake Swimmers
Palmistry is the first track from Great Lake Swimmers' acclaimed album "Lost Channels" which was partially recorded in the Thousand Islands at Singer Castle, the Brockville Arts Centre and Rockport's St. Brendan's Church. Thanks to Simon Fuller and Bytown Brigantine, this music video was filmed aboard the tall ship "Fair Jeanne" as she sailed through the Thousand Islands in September 2009.
North Country Public Radio
Preview: One in a Thousand eBook
(07/04/12) Digital technology has allowed a Thousand Islands photographer to open a new window on his favorite region. Todd Moe talks with Ian Coristine and the creative team behind a new e-book on the Thousand Islands. One in a Thousand uses images, video, voices and music to illustrate Coristine's love of the river and his own small, granite island.
Click here to listen to the the interview
Read North Country Public Radio
Acclaimed aerial photographer of 1000 Islands at ‘crossroads’
By CHRIS BROCK CBROCK@WDT.NET PUBLISHED: SUNDAY, JULY 1, 2018 AT 5:15 AM
About a century before Ian R. Coristine arrived in the Thousand Islands, John A. Haddock’s “The Picturesque St. Lawrence River: Kingston and Cape Vincent to Morristown and Brockville” was published
Lakeland Boating
In the past decade, Ian Coristine has become known as the iconic photographer of the Thousand Islands. Taken from his Challenger Ultralight, the images capture a unique perspective of a remarkable region. Ian has published five best-selling photography collections, two winning the international Benjamin Franklin Award for Excellence in Publishing. On May 1, McLellan Interactive Publishing released Ian’s groundbreaking interactive eBook, “One In A Thousand,” written with Donna Walsh Inglehart. We’ve invited Ian to speak about his latest project.
Island Life Magazine - Summer 2012
Island Life Magazine is the premier Thousand Islands magazine distributed to 25,000 households, participating tourism bureaus and businesses in the U.S. and Canada.
Cottage Life April 2013
Treasured Islands
Photographer Ian Coristine has a plaque at his Thousand Islands cottage the says "The river chooses some." It certainly chose him. He fell in love with the region on a flyover in 1992, and then came across Raleigh Island, with its rundown 1917 cottage, three years later. "It's the only island around with a natural harbour that could accommodate my plane," he says, "and it hadn't been on the market in years."
Winner of a Print Industries of America Benny Award
Ian Coristine's new 1000 Islands booklet, his fourth photographic work of the region, produced by Henderson Printing Inc. of Brockville, Ontario, is the winner of a Print Industries of America "Benny" in the graphic arts industry's largest and most prestigious worldwide competition. The Benny is so named for Benjamin Franklin, whose image graces the winner's medal.
A Thousand Moods
The Thousand Islands is blessed with world class beauty, but being primarily a summer place, the other season is largely unknown, yet beautiful in a very different way. These images, distilled into a slideshow from a network camera left running in my island cottage, will take you from fall '06 through spring '07 in just eight minutes. "The River" has infinite moods, and this will share many that most never see.
The Recorder & Times
Q&A: A picture tells 1,000 words - and Islands
This week, the Recorder and Times visited Coristine on Raleigh, his island in the Thousand Islands, to talk about his most recent accomplishment.
View From Above
Photographer/Pilot captures beauty of 1000 Islands
Text by Charles McChesney
This Article from Central New York Magazine July/August edition is available to download in PDF format.
Ian Coristine has been photographing the 1000 Islands for years from a very unique perspective, low from above in his Challenger ultralight floatplane. This video edited by Louis Pouliot from History Channel footage shows how he does it.
Today Magazine
Ian Coristine 1000 Islands Iconic Photographer
Inspired by their history and beauty, Coristine uprooted his life and immersed himself in documenting and sharing the magic of the 1000 Islands and their thousands of miles of coastline. He has sold over 100,000 copies of his books, successfully captivating the world with his breathtaking photographs.
Yachting Magazine
One in a Thousand.
When award-winning photographer and author Ian Coristine wrote One in a Thousand, a love story about a former rece-car driver and his new home in the Thousand Islands, he knew that paper and ink wouldn't do it justice...
The very best of Ian Coristine's 1000 Islands
Music composed and performed by Tony Dekker and Great Lake Swimmers. My last book of photography of the 1000 Islands had to be the very best, both in content and quality. With 30,000 images to select from, these are definitely my favorites. A global search finally found a printer capable of producing pages with the same lustrous gloss as high-end book covers. In every way, the resulting "book of covers" is my very best.
Wheels.ca
Ian Coristine: From race driver to aerial photographer
Next weekend at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, the 2013 Canadian Historic Grand Prix will be held. It’s Canada’s largest and most prestigious annual historic racing event and will feature 200 cars competing in six classes, classic car cruises and special attractions such as the Toronto Star Great Canadian Racers and Legends of Mosport reunion. One of the ex-racers expected to attend is Ian Coristine.
The Montreal Gazette
The Montreal Gazette's Urban Expressions magazine
A thousand paradise islands By Donna Nebenzahl
The summer day was made to order, the blue sky punctuated with fluffy white clouds, a crisp breeze ruffling the water as we stepped into our rented houseboat for the first time.
Volvo LIV International
The Accidental Artist
An artist usually chooses a subject, but occasionally the subject chooses an artist.
Words by Jack Senett
Photography by Ian Coristine
TI Life - Volume 15, Ian's Issue, March 2020
Eight articles paying tribute to Ian Coristine who "raised the bar!" to bring recognition to the Thousand Islands.
CLICK HERE FOR ALL ARTICLES
1000 Islands International Tourism Council 2021 Visitor Guide
We have been featured in the 1000 Islands International Tourism Council 2021 Visitor Guide with the cover and several other features inside.
Imaging Resource
Fasten Your Seat Belt For 'One in a Thousand'
By MIKE PASINI, Editor' The Imaging Resource Digital Photography Newsletter
Review Date: June 2012
The news that Oracle's Larry Ellison was buying an island in Hawaii brought a grin to our face. He must have outgrown his 10-acre Japanese rock garden. We do know one other guy who bought an island. Ian Coristine. A long-time subscriber to The Newsletter, he emailed us about it recently:
Condé Nast Traveller
Meet the Man Who Finds Private Islands for Celebrities
Few real estate agents can compete with Farhad Vladi, the world's foremost purveyor of private islands. Vladi has helped sell more than 3,000 of them since 1971, when, as an economics grad student, he visited Cousine Island in the Seychelles, learned it was for sale, and persuaded a businessman in his hometown of Hamburg to purchase it for 1 million deutsche marks.
ACMP Award Winner
Every once in a while an entry comes across the judging table that totally enthralls us. We quickly forget where we are and what we are doing. We become spectators, not judges. Such was the case with an eBook app called One in a Thousand. With the first image you drift away to that place in your brain where you see and feel pure beauty and nirvana. Instantly, the images and words infiltrate your imagination. Fifteen minutes later we regained our composure, awoke from our dream and set it aside to enjoy again later.
Ian Coristine and Tony Dekker interview
Great Lake Swimmers' Tony Dekker In Conversation With Author/Photographer Ian Coristine from Gerry Fraiberg on Vimeo.
Vintage Wings of Canada
Ian Coristine is a passionate man, driven by beauty, excellence, meaning, emotions, friendship and his own, forever searching heart. In One in Thousand, he speaks with a voice flavored with humor, love, longing and belonging. Through his eyes we see a world so deep in history and visual magic that we too feel the gravitational pull that holds him there. From an island he deems one in a thousand, Coristine, who is one in a million, takes you by the hand to a place you will not ever leave.
By Dave O'Malley
Island Treasuers
Love at First Flight
Island Treasures... One Thousand Islands, One Thousand Stories
Story by Kim Lunman of the Recorder and Times
Kirkus Reviews
Former race car driver and avid flier Coristine combines lyrical prose, stunning visuals and evocative melodies to open up a window on his favorite place in the entire world—tiny Raleigh Island on the St. Lawrence River… The app’s interactive components lend a sense of splendid immediacy to [a] mournful past while creating an overall sense of place that imagination alone could never quite match. The narrative is vibrant enough on its own, but riding alongside the author in his ultralight and seeing exactly what he does certainly adds compelling new dimensions to the telling... An appealing memoir from a man who found his own little piece of heaven—and the perfect way to share it with others.
NNY Living
A life’s journey: Photographer Ian Coristine’s new book an ‘experience’ Ian Coristine has an interesting relationship with serendipity.
His name conjures a sense of celebrity along the St. Lawrence River, where his work resides in dozens of “cottages,” as their owners call them, on private islands that dot the seaway.
Though none of this celebrity status would have been achieved without one fateful flight, an adventure driven by nothing but a few grown men looking for a day of fun in their airplanes.
Picturing Canada’s national parks
Tips and tales from three landscape photographers whose work appears in a special book made for Parks Canada's 100th anniversary
