Thousand Islands Boldt, as proprietor of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, instructed the hotel's "maître d'hôtel", Oscar Tschirky, to put the dressing on the menu in 1894. Sociologists attempting to determine the true origin of Thousand Island dressing found that several conflicting origin stories exist, and that they vary between the various islands and villages of the Thousand Islands region. None appear to have any strong written evidence to support their specific claims. Thousand Islands The Thousand Islands constitute an archipelago of 1,864 islands that straddles the Canada–US border in the Saint Lawrence River as it emerges from the northeast corner of Lake Ontario.
North American river otter analyzed. However, many other studies did not report any findings of North American beaver remains in the scat sampled. The North American river otter has few natural predators when in water. Aquatic predators include the American alligator ("Alligator mississippiensis"), American crocodile ("Crocodylus acutus"), and killer whale ("Orcinus orca"), none of which commonly coexist with the North American river otter and thus rarely pose a threat. On land or ice, the North American river otter is considerably more vulnerable. Terrestrial predators include the bobcat ("Lynx rufus"), mountain lion ("Felis concolor"), coyote ("Canis latrans"), domestic dog ("Canis lupus familiaris"), wolf ("Canis lupus"),