Details

Title

The Mac family starting for Muskoka

Author

Montgomery, L.M. (Lucy Maud)

Collection

L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection.

Donor

Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.

Note

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.

Genre

picture

Abstract

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.