It always touches the heart to think back to fond memories of the cottage country when you were growing up. Local writer Doug Crump has put together a series of 150 cottage life stories from the past sharing the love and life of those who loved the fresh country air.
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• And the next thing you know, my great-grandfather, Alfred Johns, with my grandpa Martin in tow, they put an offer in on this little log cabin by the side of the lake, and then they had to go back to Hamilton to tell the rest of the family.
• I love to be out observing birds, frogs, mammals, fish, whatever it is, and that’s because there’s been nothing else in my upbringing, for summers, than to be on a lake surrounded by wilderness all the time.
• “I was at my cousin’s cottage in May, and driving back from there to my parents’ place, I drove on Highway 118, near Carnarvon, Ont., and it crosses a bridge between Big Boshkung Lake and Little Boshkung Lake, and if you look across Big Boshkung, you can see the clearing where the cottage is.
Published on: February 3, 2017 | Last Updated: February 3, 2017 5:50 PM EST Doug Crump. Bruce Deachman Share Adjust Comment Print In anticipation of Canada’s sesquicentennial celebrations, the Citizen’s Bruce Deachman has been out in search of Ottawans — 150 of them — to learn their stories of life and death, hope and love, obsession and fear. From Feb. 2 until Canada Day, we’ll share one person’s story every day. “Last summer my family’s cottage was sold after having been in the family since the 1930s. It was up in the Haliburton area, and my great-grandfather bought the property...
It always touches the heart to think back to fond memories of the cottage country when you were growing up. Local writer Doug Crump has put together a series of 150 cottage life stories from the past sharing the love and life of those who loved the fresh country air.
Article Summary:
• And the next thing you know, my great-grandfather, Alfred Johns, with my grandpa Martin in tow, they put an offer in on this little log cabin by the side of the lake, and then they had to go back to Hamilton to tell the rest of the family.
• I love to be out observing birds, frogs, mammals, fish, whatever it is, and that’s because there’s been nothing else in my upbringing, for summers, than to be on a lake surrounded by wilderness all the time.
• “I was at my cousin’s cottage in May, and driving back from there to my parents’ place, I drove on Highway 118, near Carnarvon, Ont., and it crosses a bridge between Big Boshkung Lake and Little Boshkung Lake, and if you look across Big Boshkung, you can see the clearing where the cottage is.