Traffic on the St. Lawrence River: 1000 Islands Cruise Day 8

Doubleclick the images to get the full effect of boating on the St. Lawrence River.

The chemical carrier looks so large and close because it is so large and close to us in the St. Lawrence River near Alexandria Bay, New York.

Note the free-fall lifeboat launch at the rear of the ship.

Small tugs and larger ones push and pull their loads on the St. Lawrence River.

Here's an ocean-going oil carrier home-ported in Quebec City.

On the short run from Alex Bay to Clayton, we gawked our way down Millionaire’s Row, a series of islands with spectacular homes.