Dorothy Stuart Porter (Mar 17, 1930 — Apr 20, 2020)

Dorothy began her love of Kahshe Lake as a young girl when her family frequently came up from Toronto to stay with the Sutherlands. In the early 1960s, Dorothy's mom, Maud Hourston acquired land from Bob Smith, a family friend from the Orkney Islands. The family cottage was soon built high upon the rocks at the Housey's Rapids end of the lake. Ken built the cottage working alongside William Hourston and Bob Kennedy.

Ken and Dorothy were Kahshe Lake cottagers for almost 60 years. Over the decades both Ken and Dorothy were active members of the Housey's Rapids Lake Residents' Association. Ken was the president for several years and organized many regattas on Share-a-Shore. These eventually morphed into the Housey's Rapids Picnic which will celebrate its 60th anniversary in 2021. Dorothy was the secretary of the HRLRA for a few years. They loved to socialize with their Kahshe Lake friends. 

Every summer was spent at the cottage, with Ken arriving punctually on Friday nights, staying for his holidays and eventually spending the whole summer after his retirement. He was greeted on the road by his young children and Dorothy always had a fresh pie ready for him. Blueberry being his favourite. Summers were always full of fun, adventure, and relaxation.  

With a growing family, Ken decided an addition was needed, it turned into his passion which he “completed” in 1984, although it kept him busy working on it until well past 2010. Ken and Dorothy were the loving parents of Pam (Paul), Nancy (Shawn), and Rob (Jennifer).  Grandparents to Amanda (Jesse), Kayti, Matthew (Nicole), Alison, William and Chloe. Great Grandparents to Kailee and Elsie. The whole family loves to spend summers on Kahshe Lake, continuing the many family traditions set by Ken and Dot.