The original Maid of the Mist was built at a landing near Niagara Falls on the American side of the border. The boat was christened in 1846 as a border-crossing ferry; its first trip was on September 18, 1846.
(January 2011) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Professor Roy Hinkley. Roy Hinkley, referred to as the Professor, is one of the seven castaways from the television series Gilligan's Island (1964â67); he was played by Russell Johnson.
Rescue from Gilligan's Island is a 1978 two-part made-for-television film that continues the adventures of the shipwrecked castaways from the 1964-67 TV series Gilligan's Island starring Bob Denver and Alan Hale, Jr.The film first aired on NBC as a two-part special on October 14 and October 21, 1978.he story picks up 15 years after the original shipwreck. Gilligan has a nightmare about the island melting. The film then notes that far away from Gilligan's Island in an unidentified country (one may assume the U.S.S.R.), a military unit is monitoring a satellite that is experiencing technical problems.