Mr. Gardner. What is your permanent population?
Dr. Goodale. We haven’t any. I suppose there are a dozen families living there; not over that.
Mr. Gardner. What is the population during the vacation season?
Dr. Goodale. We have a transient population there of about 10,000 tourists. They are there from the 1st of July until about the middle of September.
Mr. Gardner. That would include those arriving and departing day by day?
Dr. Goodale. Yes, sir; but we have about 500 cottages. About 105 cottages and our principal hotel and stores were burned about two years ago. They were owned by the association.
Mr. Gardner. How near the boundary line is Thousand Island Park?
Dr. Goodale. It is about 6 miles across, and we are about in the center.
Mr. Gardner. About how far is the border of the island from what you might term the ship canal—the channel where the navigation goes up and down the river?
Dr. Goodale. About half a mile. The main channel, I think, is on the American side.