In response to yesterday's blog post on the St. Lawrence River running higher than usual this spring, my neighbor Mary sent me some pictures she took last week on a St. Lawrence River cruise.
Her cruise stopped at Boldt Castle - a European-style castle that a wealthy New York hotel owner started to build for his wife in 1900.
Located on an island located in the American side of the river, the castle was never finished. Construction was abandoned in 1904 when George Boldt's wife died.
In recent years, construction of the castle has resumed, with the aim of completing it - a massive task.
Terry and I have visited the beautiful place several times - but not recently.
My neighbor Mary and her husband were there last week, and these are her comments and photos:
It has been about three years since our last visit to Boldt Castle and we wanted to see the progress in the renovations.
When we got off our tour boat we were surprised to see all new docking. Then, we realized why. The original dock, which is still there under the water, had a 12 inch platform of new docking on top of it.
The photo of the old dock is in the area of the ticket entrance to the castle.
As the tour boat was approaching the island we did notice that the powerhouse for the castle was now inaccessible due to high water.
The two other photos are from the west side of the castle.
Thanks, Mary...
I wonder how often flooding like this occurs.
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