Thousand Islands Brockville, Ontario, Canada. According to "The Oxford Companion of Food and Drink", the name for Thousand Island dressing "presumably comes from the Thousand Islands between the United States and Canada in the St. Lawrence River." However, several different versions of the dressing's origin exist. One common story describes how a fishing guide's wife, Sophia LaLonde, made the condiment as part of her husband George's shore dinner. Often in this version, actress May Irwin requested the recipe after enjoying it. Irwin in turn gave it to another Thousand Islands summer resident, George Boldt, who built Boldt Castle between 1900 and 1904.
North American river otter openings in the ice, and may excavate passages in beaver dams for accessing open water. North American river otters are highly mobile and have the capacity of traveling up to in one day. Daily movements of yearling males and females in Idaho averaged in spring, in summer, and in autumn, respectively. Daily movements of family groups averaged in spring, summer, and winter, respectively. Both males and family groups travel drastically less during winter. North American river otters are renowned for their sense of play. Otter play mostly consists of wrestling with conspecifics. Chasing is also a common game. North American