The Best Season for a Thousand Islands Elopement
The full river of summer, the brilliant foliage of fall reflected in the channels, the frozen stillness of winter, and the fresh emergence of spring. Here is what each gives you.
Everyone books the Thousand Islands for the warm, busy summer river.
The season that photographs like nowhere else is the one after it.
This is a river destination, and its signature is autumn: brilliant foliage reflected in the clear channels between the granite islands.
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Summer is the heart of the season: warm water, lush green islands, easy boat access to the castles, long northern light late into the evening. The most popular and accessible window.
Summer and fall
Summer is the heart of the season: warm water, lush green islands, easy boat access to the castles, long northern light late into the evening. The most popular and accessible window.
Fall is the signature. From late September through mid-October the hardwoods turn red, orange, and gold, and the colour reflects in the channels. Fall foliage, blue water, pink granite, unique to this destination.
Winter and spring
Winter freezes the channels and empties the islands, the estates closed, access limited, but for couples willing to work with the cold, a stark white solitude the summer river never has.
Spring is the quiet shoulder, the river thawing, the forests greening, fresh soft light and vivid new growth before the crowds. An overlooked, lovely window.
Pick the season for the frame you want, then hand me the date. I plan the day around the water and the light, arrange the boats and permits, and both shoot and film it. Twelve years and 240+ couples in, October on this river is the window I recommend most.
