| Our Singer Castle Gift Shop is located in the South Boat House and offers many items for visitors to take home as a souvenir of their time at Dark Island. In addition to T-shirts, sweatshirts and caps, items include: the artwork of John Morrow, Linda Palmer, Randall Peterson and Linda Toomey. Paul Malo’s books: Fool’s Paradise: Remembering the 1000 Islands containing remembrances of Frederick G. Bourne, Boldt Castle and A Floating World. Ian Corstine’s Water, Wind and Sky and The Thousand Islands, the Images of America Series Singer Castle by Robert and Patty Mondore, and Castles and Cottages: River Retreats of the Islands by George Fischer and Anthony Mollica, Jr. are also available. For those wanting photo to remember their visit to Dark Island and the area, the shop will feature work of well-known local photographer, Ian Corstine as well as that of John Urtis of Crossover Island. A photographic screensaver and the 56-minute DVD Dark Island’s Castle of Mysteries filmed and produced by Robert Mondore are also on hand. |
 Special Edition Coin to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Singer Castle on Dark Island. ORDER NOW>> |
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River Beads jewelry by Mary Mitchell of Alexandria Bay and Heather Gems that are made in Scotland of natural heather that is dried, dyed and formed into individual pieces will be offered along with the beautiful glass artistry of Jim Burritt who has created four different castle scenes to choose from. The shop will carry stoneware that has been created especially for Singer Castle by Louisville Stoneware.
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For our younger visitors, the Gift Shop has a working battery-powered model of an early Singer sewing machine. Frederick Bourne revolutionized the sewing machine industry by offering the full-sized version of this machine to the public for $42 to be paid in increments of just $1.00 a week for 42 weeks. Model armor breastplates, shields and helmets are in stock for those inspired by the castle’s collection of arms and armor.You are invited to come in and browse. The shop is open 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.