102 pages

Item consists of a 57 page spiral bound book consisting of a submission for the inclusion of the St. Lawrence River in the Canadian Heritage Rivers System.

Thousand Islands Area Residents Association Board Letters Patent, By-Laws, Constitution,1975-1997 minutes, newsletters, promotional and educational materials and an album of local anecdotes and images:
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Album compiled by Cathie Shine for TIARA, given to Douglas MacIntosh for deposit in archives : contents of a three ring binder, removed from the binder and bound with cotton tape for economy of storage. It contains several plastic covered adhesive pages with the contents adhere to the extent that they could not be removed without damage. Includes stories and photos collected from other publications, such as:

• photo of “One of the first residences on Grenadier Island” and unnamed people, p27
  -Story of Hog Island [now McDonald Island, Admiralty Group] and how it was named, including references to Daniel Howe, Messrs. McDonald, and Joel Stone, p28
  -Stories of horses going through the ice on the river, references to Abel Root, James Toe, George Heffernan, p30
  -Story of cordwood trade to supply steamships, references to JDW Darling. P31
  -boatbuilders F. Hunt and George Andress, includes a photo of a boat being framed. P 32-33
  -story of Collins’ store in Rockport, building the Skydeck. P35
  -excerpts from a diary of a riverman unnamed, 1918 to 1977. P37-39
  -account of fishing on the river by an American visitor 1880, no names, p40
  -PMT photos of tour boat Elva II, fisherman with huge Muskie. P42
  -Obituary for Joseph Senecal and a story of “Old Joe”. P43
  -Story of Capt Sanford Davis and a fire in the Stave Island light house. p43
  -Story of mail delivery to the islands by Mr Belfie and George Funnel. P44
  -Story of Captain Charles Seymour spreading the ashes of Mrs. Augusta Mann and husband Herman Mann 1936. P44
  -Stories of “a riverman” becoming caretaker of an island, cutting ice, trapping, cooking a shore dinner. P45
  -Memories of Adiel Sherwood marrying people, Mr. Purvis, Sir John Johnson p46
  -Old Man Gregg smuggling whiskey 1885 p48
  -Some history of the disposal of the islands by the Crown, leading up to buying them back in 1976/77. P49-50
  -PMT photo of a cottage on Tremont Park Island, summer dining room on Stave Island. p51-52
  -Naming of Reciprocity Island by Mr. Stearne 1891. P53
  -Stories of Indian contact in Mallorytown area, harvesting sweetgrass on Grenadier Island, p54-55

2019 - 008- B Board Minutes Nov 30, 1975-Oct 12, 1979
2019 - 008- C Board Minutes June 6, 1980-Dec 2, 1989
2019 - 008- D Board Minutes Jan 6, 1990-Dec 16, 1995
2019 – 008 -E Board Minutes Jan 27, 1996-Dec 11, 1999
2019 - 008- F Board Minutes Feb 10, 2000-Aug 14, 2004
2019 - 008- G Board Minutes Aug 14, 2004-Nov 3, 2010
2019 - 008- H Board Minutes Jan 5, 2010-July 25, 2015
2019 - 008- I Board Minutes June 2, 2016-Oct 28, 2021
2019 - 008- J Newsletters Dec 7, 1975-June 1997
2019 - 008- K Newsletters June 1997-Spring 2021
2019 - 008- L - 001 Copy & Letters Patent – March 8, 1976; By-Laws, Constitution
2019 - 008- L - 002 Videocassette : 1000 Islands Area Residents Association, Wetland Protection PSAs : Narrated by Garrison Keillor, produced by Tip of the Mitt, Watershed Council © 1995, 4 spots: 1 @ :60, 2 @ :30, 1 @ :15
2019 - 008- L -003 Videocassette: VHS Colour, 28 min.; Citizens: The Essential Link in Wetland Protection, Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council C 1995
2019 - 008- L - 004 Lake Protection Workbook, Lake Links Planning Committee, C 2019
2019 - 008- L - 005 Lake Stewards Newsletter 2021, Federation of Ontario Cottagers’ Associations
2019 – 008- M file of local newspaper clippings

Transcript of Tape-Recorded Meeting December 11, 1975 Between T.I.A.R.A. and Jude Buchanan, Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs.
Letter from the St. Lawrence Islands National Park Advisory Committee to Residents and Landowners of the Thousand Islands Area, December 1979.
Newspaper articles –
• “Public land should be held for the future” Toronto Daily Star, Nov. 25, 1975
• “Expropriation fear grips riverfront folk” Don Swayne, The Recorder and Times, November 21, 1975
• “Islanders protest park expansion” Rudy Platiel. The Globe and Mail, March 16, 1976

History of TIARA – unattributed timeline

Notice of meeting of Thousand Island Area Residents Association Toronto Group held on March 10, 1976 at the Hodgson Public School Cafeteria, John Ferguson

Letter from John M. Ferguson, not addressed to a specific recipient, February 20, 1976

TIARA Draft Costitution – no date and no attribution

TIARA Newsletter containing letter to general public from Douglas Mackintosh, December 7, 1975

TIARA Newsletters, January 1976 containing Statement of Financial Position, and January 1977, and February 1977, May 1977, October 1977,

Letter from Leo Bernier, Minister of Natural Resources to Mr. Clarke T. Rollins, Chair St. Lawrence Parks Commission, February 9, 1976, with a Postit note from a Paul to Brian Caldwell attached and various notes written on the verso.
Assorted contact information notes on seven pages

Notes and Press Release, February 19, 1976, regarding the status of the Thousand Islands International Bridge
A package of information regarding the Study Group, including a describing the activities, a schedule of events by Dale Bishop, staffing, and Terms of Reference

“TIARA Study of Thousand Islands Area”, a document providing background and detailed plans including Terms of Reference, a budget, and staffing details

File two

St. Lawrence Islands National Park Advisory Committee. Interim Report. 1977
Draft Final Report of the St. Lawrence Islands National Park Advisory Committee, June 1978 – in newspaper form with damage to first page
Map and brochure of the St. Lawrence Islands National Park, 1970
“The Urgent Need to Expand St. Lawrence Islands National Park” by Theodore Mosquin. Photo copy with date stamp of Jun 1976 of an article in a Nature Canada Special Issue, June 1976, Volume 5, No 2

Secondary Plan for the Special Policy Area of the South Leeds Planning Area

TIARA Report to the People
Volume 1, January 1977,
Volume 2, June 1977,
Volume 4, August 1977,
Volume 5, October 1977

Transcript of Tape-Recorded Meeting December 11, 1975 Between T.I.A.R.A. and Jude Buchanan, Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs.
Letter from the St. Lawrence Islands National Park Advisory Committee to Residents and Landowners of the Thousand Islands Area, December 1979.
Newspaper articles –
• “Public land should be held for the future” Toronto Daily Star, Nov. 25, 1975
• “Expropriation fear grips riverfront folk” Don Swayne, The Recorder and Times, November 21, 1975
• “Islanders protest park expansion” Rudy Platiel. The Globe and Mail, March 16, 1976

History of TIARA – unattributed timeline

Notice of meeting of Thousand Island Area Residents Association Toronto Group held on March 10, 1976 at the Hodgson Public School Cafeteria, John Ferguson

Letter from John M. Ferguson, not addressed to a specific recipient, February 20, 1976

TIARA Draft Costitution – no date and no attribution

TIARA Newsletter containing letter to general public from Douglas Mackintosh, December 7, 1975

TIARA Newsletters, January 1976 containing Statement of Financial Position, and January 1977, and February 1977, May 1977, October 1977,

Letter from Leo Bernier, Minister of Natural Resources to Mr. Clarke T. Rollins, Chair St. Lawrence Parks Commission, February 9, 1976, with a Postit note from a Paul to Brian Caldwell attached and various notes written on the verso.
Assorted contact information notes on seven pages

Notes and Press Release, February 19, 1976, regarding the status of the Thousand Islands International Bridge
A package of information regarding the Study Group, including a describing the activities, a schedule of events by Dale Bishop, staffing, and Terms of Reference

“TIARA Study of Thousand Islands Area”, a document providing background and detailed plans including Terms of Reference, a budget, and staffing details

File two

St. Lawrence Islands National Park Advisory Committee. Interim Report. 1977
Draft Final Report of the St. Lawrence Islands National Park Advisory Committee, June 1978 – in newspaper form with damage to first page
Map and brochure of the St. Lawrence Islands National Park, 1970
“The Urgent Need to Expand St. Lawrence Islands National Park” by Theodore Mosquin. Photo copy with date stamp of Jun 1976 of an article in a Nature Canada Special Issue, June 1976, Volume 5, No 2

Secondary Plan for the Special Policy Area of the South Leeds Planning Area

TIARA Report to the People
Volume 1, January 1977,
Volume 2, June 1977,
Volume 4, August 1977,
Volume 5, October 1977