today we went on a boat tour of the 1000 island area around
the alexandria bay area of the st. lawerance river
the window above is the stained glass sky light in the bolt castleit is located on the 4th floor celing and can be seen from
the entrance hall if you look up, this one was taken
from the 3rd floor
this is a shot of the outside of the bolt castleyou can see the pile of granite in the foreground
is left from when mr bolt telegrahamed and had
the work haulted after the death of his wife.
he never allowed any person to including his children
to step foot on the island again
the home with it's 128 rooms sat abandoned and for 70 some years
until the bridge athority acquired it in the 70's and
started to restore the property.
this is a shot of the interior of the home,
the upper floors still look alot like this, seventy some years
of vandals and weather make a mess.
a shot from one of the 4th floor terraces, lookingtowards the roof of the home
this is one of the 1800 plus islands with homes on them
to qualify as an island the peice of ground must remain above
the water 365 days of the year and have at least 1 tree and some other
kind of form of plant life.
What an intriguing place. I think I saw both Boldt and Singer Castles on an A&E episode of American Castles. It is a really sad story about Boldt Castle never being finished or any of the family every going there. Are you going to Singer Castle too?
ReplyDeleteYou're sure finding lots of different unique stained glass designs on this trip.
ReplyDeleteWould like to see more of your own creations after this trip to see if you can recreate some that you've seen.
Bet you can come up with some dilly's!