S1 | Rewind Design | E11 Gerry on Sunny Cove

“The property, the entire cove, was purchased by my grandfather, Luke Spearn in 1932. He had  6 children, willed the property to his family, each of his children got a lot.  Lots were decided by  picking a number from a hat, in order of birth. 

The original cottage was a farmhouse with a wrap around veranda which was the cottage for 27 yrs, then upon death and division of lots, it was torn down in 1950s and, new strictly summer cottages were built. When the  original cottage was torn down we found news  papers in the wall used for insulation . They were 75 yrs old!!! My mother said she would put up the lot and $2500 and the rest was the responsibility  of my sister and I. AFTER 15 years sharing, my wife and I bought the only undeveloped lot from uncle Frank in 1975. We built a winterized cottage in 1976. At that time there were no winterized cottages on Bannockburn Rd. To access we  cross-country skied in (from highway 169) back packing all food wine etc. including our Lhasa apso. We spent 16 New Years Eves there (from 1976-1992), it was WONDERFUL!!!. Actually spent  a week there one winter."