Memories of Skeleton Lake by Paul Temple

There are (were?) white fish in Skeleton lake but were hard to catch
on a hook and line—Dad Wilson and Bill used to net them off the
point of their bay before the game warden started enforcing the law.
In the 30s, Mr Wilson used his influence to have the lake stocked with
Landlocked Salmon. They are in Lake Ontario, and a few fresh water
lakes in the north-east—-of course, it would not be done today. They
never reproduced, but the original stock kept growing larger. Brother
Bud and I caught a couple when we were teen-agers in Beamans Bay
in May that weighed around 6 pounds. The last one I heard that
was caught weighed over 20 pounds...Pickerel?—lots of large ones I
hear, but thats all I know.
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( Ill keep this short because only a few in the family will be interested.)
Look op on your right (north side) as you enter the narrows
and you will see a structure away up. Thats the Paul & Louise
Temple family cottage. Those of you who are familiar with noisy
outboard motors know that when you try to talk over the motor,
your voice can be heard a half mile away A few years ago, I was on
the porch high up watching the boats go through the narrows when
I heard one person shout over his motor THERES AN OLD MAN
LIVES UP THERE, HE BUILT THE COTTAGE BY HIMSELF
AND IT TOOK SEVEN YEARS. Well, as Henry Ford said History
Is Bunk The family built the cottage and it only took 5 years. Louise
came up with the floor plan and octagon shaped living room and I
calculated the floor and snow loads and sized the beams and girders.
Back in 1974 the lot became available and wife Louise was unusual for
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