Weary Willies Camp

This was located in the unopened concession line immediately south of Southwood - the Pellat, and later the Johnston and Therrien properties. This establishment existed for years.

The Weary Willies had their camp at this location for a great many years, perhaps going back to the turn of the Century. Some of the originals were Lock Crawe, Herb Casswell, Gordon Passmore, and Jack Sinclair. The Township closed the road and sold the land to Miss Watterworth, a high school teacher, who built a cottage on the same.

The Weary Willies in 1914 were erected on land owned by William Thompson immediately south of the Frost property. Among the camp at the time were Clarke Wallace, Sam Peirce, Roy Brillinger.

At the outbreak of War Clarke Wallace and Sam Peirce immediately enlisted and went overseas with the First Canadian and with that the balance of the Weary Willies joined up with the campers on Hughe's Point which was a well known camping place in those days.

Among these were Kenneth McNabb, a famous hockey player: Norman Harvey, also a famous hockey player killed in France: Leff Palmer, Murray Grant, Ralph Cooke, and Lovering Jupp, the latter two were also famous hockey players.