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The Mac family starting for Muskoka
Montgomery, L.M. (Lucy Maud)
L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection.
Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
The MacDonald family left for Bala, Ontario on July 24, 1922. Bala is a small resort town situated on Lake Muskoka. It is possible that this photo was taken then.
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A photo of the MacDonald family (Ewan, L.M., Chester, and Stuart) standing outside of their vehicle with a note on the verso in L.M. Montgomery's writing reading "The Mac family starting for Muskoka." This photo was donated as part of a collection of items from George Boyd Macmillan's family. George Boyd MacMillan (1881-1953) was a Scottish journalist and writer, and a favourite correspondent of L.M. Montgomery. The two were first introduced, by letter, in 1903, through an American writer who was developing a circle of literary pen friends. Although Montgomery and MacMillan only met briefly in-person, during her 1911 honeymoon in Scotland, their voluminous exchange of letters, postcards, and gifts continued until late 1941, just months before Montgomery's death.