Singer Castle on Dark Island

 7/28/21

We drove back up to Alexandria Bay today to take a boat tour of the many islands in the middle of the St Lawrence River, on our way to one in particular. Our island destination is Dark Island, on which sits the Singer Castle.

Once again, these pictures have loaded backwards. This is as we arrived at Singer Castle

Our approach to Singer Castle

Homes large and small all over the Islands located in the St Lawrence River

 

Our excursion boat through the islands today

Singer Castle was constructed in 1905 by American entrepreneur Frederick Bourne, this incredible residence takes its inspiration from the mythical castles of Sir Walter Scott. Promising a time-travelling adventure for all those who dare to explore it! Frederick Bourne was the President of the Singer Sewing Machine Company.

The Boldt Castle we visited yesterday was built with love and romance involved. The Singer Castle was built with intrigue and secrets at the forefront. To start with, Mr. Bourne told his family that he was building a ‘little hunting cabin’ and there are secret passageways and chambers off many of the rooms in the Singer Castle! There is even a picture hanging in a strategic place in one of the passageways where the eyes will move as the person behind the wall spies on his guests.

The Bourne Family

Entrance

Heading over the Men's room

Library

Connection with the outside world

Old Singer machines all over the castle

All of the stone and marble was quarried from one of the islands close by

One of the secret passages

Wine celler

Another secret passage

The dining room

View from one part of the castle

V

The morning room, this is where breakfast was served, but all other meals were in the dining room

Patio off the breakfast room

This is the picture that had eyes, the passage way behind it.

Typical castle tapestry

Game room

The Master bedroom, separate beds like on TV in the 50's

Holly Hocks in one of the gardens

Phil and Nita were there!!

Our boat trip back, house below was almost to big for it's island

Singer Castle boat house, a little out of order