We made a day trip up to the 1000 islands, over the weekend. Essentially, we were looking for places to camp on our next trip up, and hoped to catch some photos. We were not disappointed in either.
Here’s a snap pf the St Lawrence River , looking northeast from along SR12, east of Clayton.The people who know about such things, tell us that there is more than a thousand islands, there is actually 1700 and change. Personally, I’m glad I’m not responsible for counting them.
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That’s Canada on the other side. A rather nice rest stop.
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As we were there, a ship came by, headed for the ocean. From our spot, (about a mile away), you could just about hear the engine as they idled along.
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Our ultimate turn-around was Ogdensburg, NY [4]
We chose this because it’s on the far side of all the campgrounds we were interested in, and also because the river is only about a mile wide at that point. There’s also some lighthouses up there my wife was interested in seeing. This one’s on the American side, taken from perhaps 3/4 of a mile away. It’s the Ogdensburg harbor lighthouse. [5] That’s the Oswegatchie River, you’re looking across. The lighthouse was intended to mark the river, apparently.
I found myself a little disappointed with the picture, now that I see it. The lighthouse to my eye looks round in this picture. It’s not. I gather, that this particular lighthouse is a private residence, these days. 
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There’s a few lighthouses on the Canadian side, too. This is one that was just within my range, and I’m not sure what the name of it is. Also, my attempts to clean up this photograph were not successful. So, Ill just post it raw. 
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Looking the opposite direction from the lighthouse, we see the dock on which I’m standing at the city park, and in the distance you can make out the Ogdensburg bridge, which was originally erected during the the FDR administration. Again, that’s Canada on the far side.
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The boys found themselves a train to check out, as you’d expect at a working port. Apparently, they’re doing a fair phosphate shipping business, here. The power is an SW8, belonging to the NY and Ogdensburg Railway. Originally built in 1959, it’s getting to be a fairly rare beast. NYOG serves the port and has connections with CSX, via the Montreal Subdivision, as well as the river, of course. A little chunky, this shot, but it’s from over two miles away. It also should give some of you the reason why I had such problems cleaning up the earlier Canadian Lightshouse shot. 
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All in all, a nice daytrip. We did manage to find a few places we’d like to camp, so those are going to be in our future travels.