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.
In the season 1 episode 'Good-Bye Island', following multiple failed efforts by the Professor to make useable nails from an iron ore deposit he had found, Gilligan discovers several trees that produce glue. The Professor uses it as solution to patch up the Minnow, and escape the island.