See the First Hotels Dine with Early Picnickers Cruise the River on a Steamer Excursion Indulge Yourself in a Private Castle Witness an 1870s Balloon Ascension Explore Inside a Camp Meeting Tent Clockwise from Above: Tent at Thousand Island Park, 1876; Christening of Steam Yacht, circa 1875-80; Sport Island and Little Lehigh circa 1875-1880; Thousand Island Park Main Dock, circa 1875; Alexandria Bay circa 1878, looking toward current location of Capt. Thomson’s Resort and Bonnie Castle from 1000 Island House Tower (current location of River Hospital); Steam Yacht at Hill Crest (near Brockville).