Anne Elizabeth Hogg (Oct 6, 1919 — Nov 22, 2014)

The cottage was a great love of Anne’s. One summer when Anne was 13, the family was invited to the cottage of Mr. Jury, Grace Kirkendale’s uncle, on Kahshe Lake. While exploring the lake, they discovered an old cottage for sale on the northern part of Boyd Island. Anne and her sisters paddled over, peeked in the windows, fell in love with it, paddled back, and begged their parents to buy it – which they eventually did. Her summers were filled with swimming, canoeing, and playing games like crokinole by the oil lamp on the old birch bark table – we still have that board and it is still used a lot; they had a hand pump for water in the kitchen, outdoor plumbing (the outhouse is still there); blueberry picking expeditions were a big part of the summer and they went to the different picking spots in the arc as seen on the photos. 

The cottage had a large wrap-around screened-in porch where the children slept – ‘cause it was fun! – but could be a bit scary at night during thunderstorms when they would shake in fear with their heads under the covers. As this was an older cottage, there was an assortment of residents: bats, squirrels, spiders, etc. Anne handled all of these bravely; the snake in the kitchen however was just too much. Anne spent many wonderful summer days there until she was almost 90. Anne and her sisters loved art and their great creations appeared all around the cottage, both inside and out. There were paintings of mice, flowers on chairs, the old clock, dancing mice on the garbage can - in the mouse room, all of which are still there — not the mice! She also collected rocks which she found around the co age and painted them to be used as table numbers at Nancy’s wedding, her granddaughter. 

Anne died at the grand old age of 95 following a very full life of fun, singing, and dancing. Her celebration was a packed church and the obituary brought lots of laughter. Her spirit will always be at Kahshe as it was a place that she loved dearly. She leaves behind her only daughter Sally, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren all of whom still use the cottage.