The Summer Cottage: Retreats of the 1000 Islands
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About this book
The dream of summertime waterfront living as embodied in the cottages of the Thousand Islands. The Summer Cottage captures the charm of island living and waterfront houses featuring the cottages and summer estates of the Thousand Island region an archipelago of nearly two thousand islands in the St. Lawrence River between the U.S. and Canadian borders of New York and Ontario. Stunning beauty and quiet majesty mark the landscape encompassing this mighty river and its forested islands on which are set the summer retreats that are so richly photographed here. Boathouses riverside porches open to fresh air and nature gardens and wonderful rooms that welcome the visitor are hallmarks of these homes. Featured are examples of the most charming and inspiring houses of the region which range in style from Eastlake and Queen Anne to Arts and Crafts. These homes invite the viewer to share in the spirit of romance of a bygone age which fortunately for usin these houseshas not yet slipped by.
