We’re here! After many years and umpteen stories from Dad, Kathy Fisher and a bit more from cousins Susan Isard (Vancouver) and David Little (near Toronto) we have made it for a short and special visit. As we couldn’t meet with John Little this time, (health got in the way) we spoke by phone. I’m very pleased to have been well advised for this adventure and to reconnect to these relatives and family friends who know the importance of this place.
What is the magic? Well, Percy loved the lake here enough to have bought a big slice of waterfront, with a working farm on it. Then, after some times over summers in the farm house, he organised to build the Corbett summer place at the water’s edge. Cutting to the chase, it was a summer sanctuary for Percy, Margaret, Helen and David. The next generation in Canada also enjoyed many visits and adventures. The Fisher family had the next-over piece of lakefront. Close family friendships came from this delightful country. Here’s a few pics. It is very much more “gentrified” than in the 1930s and there is lots of money around. Still a lovely peaceful landscape on a mild late autumn day.
We borrowed neighbours’ access lanes and got within sight of the new mansion that sits on the foundations of Percy and Margaret’s summer place.
more pics to come in next post….
Corbett Family - view from Australia 