Charles M. Mutch (1881 — Jan 21, 1965)

Charlie, a war hero who won the Distinguished Service Cross, and his wife, Ida Dorothy (Wright), were friends with a lawyer named Mr. Thompson who had a cottage on Kahshe Lake. He thought that my grandparents might just enjoy it there too. 

There were a lot of big beautiful parcels on the Lake back then. But they fell in love with the eight-acre Coo-ee island, high up, with a beautiful long western view. That's where the new cottage would go and in 1938 the cottage was completed. Mr. Thompson lived right across the channel. 

My grandparents were very involved in the lake association. Grampa passed away right after retirement. Grandmother Ida (Nan) lived to be 97 and was at the cottage every summer. The island is known as. Mutch's Island and most people call it that to this day.