Up to the Cottage

Memories of Muskoka

De: Grant D. Fairley

Narrado por: Thomas Hunt

Did you grow up at a summer cottage, cabin, or as they are called in the West - a camp?

Journey back to a time to the Muskoka of small family cottages through the stories of what it was like to spend your vacations at a family cottage on Mary Lake near Huntsville and other places in the Muskoka. Listening to this will remind you of those great experiences in your story, too. Perhaps your story was a camp in Flagstaff, Arizona; a cabin in the Adirondacks of New York; a cottage in Gaylord, Michigan; or a cabin in Door County in Wisconsin; or the Lake District in England. These tales are your tales, too.

Beginning with the family renting a cottage in the 1930s through the purchase of land and then building the cottage in the '50s, the book tells how the Cowans, Meusers, and Fairleys all became part of the story of the lake, just as the cottage became a rich part of their life stories, too. These firsthand accounts reflect both a bygone era and the new world of cottaging in some of the most beautiful places on earth.

For those who remember those rustic days - you will warm to the happy memories of cottage life in the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s. The stories continue through the development years of new and larger cottages of the 1980s and 1990s. The tales continue up until 2004.

If you never had a cottage, this book will give you a glimpse of why cottage life is so important to so many people.

Pull yourself up to a fire at the cottage to enjoy this book. If you are not at the cottage, this book will take you there through these enchanting memories and stories of the people and places of Muskoka, Ontario, Canada.

©2011 Silverwoods Publishing - a division of McK Consulting Inc. (P)2021 Silverwoods Publishing - a division of McK Consulting Inc.

A Fine Reminiscence

I think this book will be enjoyed thoroughly by anyone who had the great fortune of spending vacations in a cottage in Muskoka, or perhaps a similar location. Others may have trouble relating. Having been a cottage renter since childhood, some of the joys and trials of ownership did not strike a personal note for me, but many of the memories and experiences of the area hit very close to home, and brought up my own memories of cottage days. But the effect of the whole was thoroughly enjoyable!
The narration was less so, and I'd wager the narrator had no personal experience of cottage life, for, if he had, there would certainly have been some trace of emotion in his performance. Reminded me of a high school senior reading an essay in English class. The occasional mispronunciations added to the effect. But the material, for me, overcame any flaws in the presentation.