Photo Origin

 

I have always loved this photo of my great grandfather. I have only seen it as either a blown up picture or used in a magazine article about him. I've never seen the original. But in another random box among my great uncle's slides labeled "Summer 1963 Canada", I found it. From using contextual clues from the other slides in the box, it was taken at the fishing lodge/cabins my great grandparents used to manage.

I am unclear of the specifics but I have heard that my great grandparents managed a fishing camp somewhere up in Canada. I'll have to look back, but I'm fairly certain that it still exists and is called Tall Pines Camp but used to have Ballard's appended to the front when the original owners still owned it.  I'm assuming this photo is taken on Wabaskang Lake which the camp sits upon.

Also in the same box, is a photo of my great uncle standing upon an old wooden boat now high and dry somewhere. I'm sure there is a story here and I wish I knew it.

Finally, I thought I would end with this picture, of a couple whom I have never seen before. Perhaps they are the Ballards or one of the subsequent four other owners who have owned the camp over the years between the Ballards and the current owners. What caught my eye was the writing above the door which I could read until I mirrored the picture and sharpened everything up a bit. It says "Liar's Den." I imagine it was sort of a group space for guests staying in the individual cabins to meet and swap fishing stories... or lies.