"Cross-over Island"

It was minus 8 Celsius with winds averaging 50 km/h with higher gusts. It was too cold to paint outside. This scene of Cross-over Island looked like fun. I took the photo in the early summer looking northeast down the St Lawrence River. I remember it as a beautiful day and one of my first paddles in "Margaritaville". The shipping channel to my right runs along the American shore upstream from this point. Downstream from Cross-over Island, the shipping channel switches to the Canadian shore and eventually right in front of the Brockville Condo.

Inhabitants of the island have coyote "decoys" supposedly to discourage the Canada geese from grazing the lawn. The geese are much smarter than that. There was quite a bit of current around the island. The zebra mussels have the water so clear that one can see right to the bottom and the rounded granite forms below. It is difficult to determine the depth based on water clarity.