Thank for your support of my pick.
Gee Rod I don't see any cats, thank goodness!
Guess I can't start signing until August which is the expected date of release.
This will be a timed piece selling only until 3-31-01, I believe.
Finding pictures and info on the web on this light is difficult. I guess that's why the locals call this light the "forgotten lighthouse". Not even the Coast Guard Historian's site has a picture. The only one I've found is here but it is small and not very clear. It does show the other side of the light.
http://ipl.org/exhibit/light/GL/SistersIs.html There is info on the light here:
http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/light/threesis.htm Two sources of information are:
Seaway Trail Lighthouses 2nd Edition by the Seaway Trail Foundation, 800-SEAWAY-T
and
A Traveler's Guide to 100 Eastern Great Lakes Lighthouses by Penrose
Another book that features this light and others is
The Nautical Seaway Trail - Chartbook & Waterfront Guide to New York State's Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River. This is also available from the Seaway Trail folks. It's a really great book with the nautical charts, I refer to it constantly.
The director of the Seaway Trail Foundation, Theresa Mitchell was very helpful in furnishing me with information which helped me make my choice.
http://www.seawaytrail.com/main_frames.htm Another member of this organization referred me to the historian of the Town of Hammond where the light is located. (Even though it's on an island it has to belong somewhere)! She, Valera Bickelhaupt, was kind enough to send me a copy of a paper she had written on the light, as well as one on another nearby light, Crossover Island. I could tell she was pretty old and when she said, "Did you know we have a castle up here too? I can send you my "paper" on that one too if you'd like". What could I say? And after reading it and later finding this site, what could anyone say but THANK YOU SO MUCH!
http://www.networx.on.ca/~merlebk/Jorstadt/Index.html
The Thousand Island area of New York is a wonderful place to visit, so much to see and do besides the lighthouses. The Islands, naturally are the main attraction. Many famous people have had summer residences there.
[This message has been edited by mombo (edited 05-26-2000).]