Boldt Castle

While staying in The Thousand Islands at Gananoque (Gan Nan Ahk Way), we boarded a tour boat (because we needed more time on the water) that took us to Boldt Castle. The castle, which occupies all of Heart Island, was never finished because Mrs. Boldt, for whom Mr. Boldt was building the place, died at age 45 in 1904, a year before it was finished. Mr. Boldt, broken hearted, called the 300 or so workers, told them to stop, and the castle went unfinished, and open to the weather and vandals for the next 75 years.

Now the castle belongs to the Thousand Islands Bridge Authority and they have been slowly restoring it since the early 1980's following the Stanford White plans drawn up for sad Mr. Boldt.

Childrens' playhouse.

A guest room awaiting restoration.

If you're wondering, Mr. Boldt was a Russian immigrant who made it big in the hotel business in NYC and Philadelphia and was buds with John Astor who died when the Titanic sank.