Writing
Studio/Boathouse on the Bay
At Old
Brewery Bay, Leacock masterminded a cultural landscape that was
sculptured to have a regard for the natural elements, viewscapes,
shoreline, seclusion, and solace he found in nature.
Working first in the Writing Studio/Boathouse and later in the
Study of Leacock House, Leacock developed an international writing
career marked by learning as well as wit.
At Old Brewery Bay, from 1908 to 1944, Leacock found his sense of
place, where the writing of fiction and non-fiction merged with his
passion for fishing, sailing and gardening. Here, within a
stone's throw of Lake Couchiching and Lake Simcoe, in the summer
of 1912, he completed the manuscript for his book Sunshine
Sketches of a Little Town1.
1. Hilary
Russell, National Historic Sites Directorate, Ottawa
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