CANTON -- A special screening of two Niagara Mohawk promotional videos,“Floating Islands” and “Workhorse River,” will be held Thursday, Sept. 28, from 7-9 p.m., at The TAUNY Center, 53 Main St.

These videos will give viewers the chance to witness the Raquette River power project -- and one of the river’s most distinctive and challenging features, the “floating islands” of Higley Flow -- through the eyes and ears of the Colton building boom era.

In the 1960s, the power company Niagara Mohawk (“NiMo”) made these two short promotional videos to present the scope of their accomplishments over the previous decade with the hydro projects on the Raquette. The videos show how the company handled the striking phenomenon of the boggy islands that kept mucking up their works, and highlights the generating power of the river itself.

There will also be one or two special guests on hand at the screening to share their own memories of the floating islands and the Raquette River power project.

There is a suggested donation of $5 for this program. Light refreshments will be served.

This program is a part of the program series for TAUNY’s latest exhibit, “‘Look Down, You’ll See Our Tracks’: Raquette River Dam Stories.” This exhibit tells the stories of people involved in or significantly affected by the construction of the hydroelectric dams and powerhouses along the Raquette River.

The exhibit will be on view at The TAUNY Center until Oct. 21.

Additional information about this and other programs in the exhibit program series can be found at tauny.org.