Wallpaper December 2009

It seems I have been overly tough on you. Two months in a row the images have stumped everyone. In truth, last month’s image was particularly difficult, because the view is limited and shares no definitive landmarks.

It’s a place cherished by locals, but not as well known to the majority of Islanders, partly because it is situated towards the eastern end of the region, but also because the waters here are treacherous to the uninitiated, littered with shallows, rocks and shoals just waiting to claim another victim.

This is the eastern end of Chippewa Bay, a quiet and particularly beautiful part of the River. There’s a wonderfully photogenic grouping of islands here I’ve enjoyed sharing in all of my books, best appreciated from the air. From that perspective, they look like a naval convoy sailing on the same heading, all carved into narrow, parallel shapes by the glaciers of several ice ages.

Chippewa Bay is gorgeous from water level too, especially on a cold fall dawn like this one, when the stored summer warmth of the River is being released as sea smoke into a particularly cold morning’s air.

Due to the severity of the last two month’s challenges, I’ll make life a lot easier for you this month. It may not yet look like Christmas on the River, but the calendar tells us it’s coming, so I’ll share this scene which many of you will recognize, even if most of you have never seen it looking quite like this. My hope is that it jogs your memory for an interesting story you might share with us. As always, the best will receive a set of six 8 x 10 Thousand Islands prints.

Happy Holidays,

Ian Coristine

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