Steve Rae Receives Inaugural 2021 Good Neighbour Award
The Association is thrilled to announce that Kahshe Lake cottager Steve Rae is the recipient of the inaugural Good Neighbour Award. It’s the very best start to a new lake tradition.
When asked to write an anthem for Kahshe Lake, he replied:
Sure, it shouldn’t be too hard to write a love song to a place you love so much.
Steve has donated “As Beautiful A Place” to every one of us on Kahshe Lake. He performed it at Kahshe Cares 2020, the association’s fundraising event last September at the Muskoka Drive-In, as well as on Steve’s Song Garden on his Facebook page.
The birth of this song would have been extraordinary at any time, however, it happened during the 2020 pandemic, when we were all raw, worried, and needing community. Though we couldn’t physically gather together, Steve Rae brought us closer by giving us music, hope, and our very own song.
The association gave a plaque designed and hand-carved by Tyler Ryan, a young cottager and woodworker who also loves Kahshe Lake. Here’s hoping Steve will display it at the new cottage he’s built on Kahshe, and that every time he looks at it, he knows an entire lake is thanking him.
As Beautiful A Place
Written by Steve Ray
August 27, 2020
Verse 1
Wake up every morning
to the sound of the loon
On a crystal clear day
On a glass calm lake
The sun filters through the branches
To the forest floor
As the coffee starts to perk
And the cottage world wakes
Chorus
Step Outside, see the world unfold
This heavenly sight
Never grows old
As beautiful a place
As there ever was to be
At Kahshe Lake with its healing waters
It restores our soul
And make the world okay
As beautiful a place
As there ever was to me
Verse 2
See the boats pass
Give a friendly wave
It’s the thing to do
On a Kahshe day
Water sports, kayaking
Mount Mary jumping rocks
We love to watch the kids
And hear shrieks of joy
Chorus
Being Outside, we watch the world unfold
This heavenly sight
Never grows old
As beautiful a place
As there ever was to be
At Kahshe Lake with its healing waters
It restores our soul
And make the world okay
As beautiful a place
As there ever was to me
Bridge
Kahshe Lake owns my heart
Steals my thoughts when we’re apart
It’s hard to show
My depth of love for thee
Verse 3
But now the shadows climb
Up the granite shores and tree tops
Signaling the close of a perfect day
The streaks of colour shoot
High into the sky
Prefacing the canopy
Of Milky Way
Chorus
Step Outside, see the night unfold
This heavenly sight
Never grows old
As beautiful a place
As there ever was to be
At Kahshe Lake with its healing waters
It restores our soul
And make the world okay
As beautiful a place
As there ever was to me