Rivers and Currents
Sep 09, 2021
3 minutes
BY PETE MCDONALD
INCE 1841, my family has owned a parcel of land along the banks of the St. Lawrence River. In a spot where the river funnels between a series of islands and the mainland, our property tapers to a point that juts into water, creating a current seam that is ingrained into my earliest memories. I exist because of this river. My mother met my father on the point when they were both aged two, when her family rented a cottage from his. The river flowed differently back then, prior to the construction of
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