I watched my students wade hundreds of yards into the St. Lawrence River to the site of one of the famous “lost villages” that had been flooded out by the St. Lawrence Seaway. As they pondered the former foundations of buildings, still visible beneath the water, a freighter passed through the famous Eisenhower Lock. It […]

Robert Thacker
Robert Thacker is Charles A. Dana Professor of Canadian Studies and English at St. Lawrence University. From 2006-12 he was its first Associate Dean for Academic Advising Programs.