Alster Tower

"This is just a play house! Can you imagine?! A play house for Mr Boldt's kids! A place of wonders and excitement! Such a beautiful tower outside and inside. Amazing restoration is bringing back what was once lost."

"Simply magnificent, a little magical too and yet a dramatic love story..."

"It is spectacular. It is no occupied. It was supposed to be used as a playground but now a tourist attractiın. It is very well restored."

"Canada's boreal forest is a vast region comprising about one third of the circumpolar boreal forest that rings the Northern Hemisphere, mostly north of the 50th parallel. Other countries with boreal forest include Russia, which contains the majority, the United States in its northernmost state of Alaska, and the Scandinavian or Northern European countries (e.g. Sweden, Finland, Norway and small regions of Scotland). In Europe, the entire boreal forest is referred to as taiga, not just the northern fringe where it thins out near the tree line. The boreal region in Canada covers almost 60% of the country's land area. The Canadian boreal region spans the landscape from the most easterly part of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador to the border between the far northern Yukon and Alaska. The area is dominated by coniferous forests, particularly spruce, interspersed with vast wetlands, mostly bogs and fens. The boreal region of Canada includes eight ecozones. While the biodiversity of regions varies, each ecozone has a characteristic native flora and fauna."

"One of the quirkier spots on Heart Island. The 'playhouse', still partially unrestored, shows the fun side of what would have been the summer residence of the Boldts. The Thousand Islands Bridge Authority had done a spectacular job of strengthening the foundation and halting the erosive effects of the currents."