View from upper deck

Day 8 - Watertown, NY - Middlebury, VT

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August 7th 2013
Today we veered off track due to two different recommendations from travellers in the breakfast room. Boldt Castle in the Thousand Islands on the St. Lawrence River was our destination. We headed northwest to a small town called Alexandria Bay, NY. This is where you catch the ferry out to the castle. We were on the first ferry out to the castle and were we glad we got there first! It was magnifice ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more