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When I married Michael Burry and he took me to Desbarats, I fell in love with the area. Michael went to Desbarats the first time in 1933,...

In 1929, Albert & Sara Palmer were guests of the Rockwells on what is now the Bowen island. Loving the place, they looked to buy an...

Today is the first day of school and the yellow bus just rumbled past our house, and I am missing Desbarats...coffee on the dock at...

Growing up in Desbarats provides many stories of finding ourselves in, shall we say, precarious situations. From hitting your first...

Most of our adventures and memories happen during the summer, so I decided to share a winter visit to Desbarats, New Years, 1970-71. As a...

As has been mentioned, I also miss those skies of a blue I haven't found anywhere else and the dark star-filled skies at night, being on...

Guess it took a pandemic year to break my record as I have never missed a year in Desbarats in 84 years. 2020 would have been my 85th. I...

What I will miss:  the beaver, the loons, the herons and ducks, and the humming birds;  canoeing up the Hole in the Wall and Anderson...

Charlie has memories from the early 50s taking cruises with Peter Vail in the Shady Lady after the Labor Day Square Dance for 2 weeks...

I miss most the peacefulness of the place, the sun, the wind, the evenings, the wildflowers, the walks on the road, the water and the...

missing: the smell of an old flannel shirt, smell of the squash courts, glassy water nights paddle boarding in our cove gazing at the...

I miss - The White-Throated Sparrow song The sound of waves rocking the docks Swimming to Burry's island Watching the southeasters move...

Thank you for sharing this is heart food! I miss the early morning swims around the Island, breakfast on the porch with blueberry...

I miss sitting on the porch watching the river go by, and all the river traffic, except for the jet skis and the boats with super large...

Over one hundred years ago they put up the original blockhouse as a real estate gimmick. Each year Americans were welcome to spend their...

The  mournful & unique songs of the loons ; those pesky horny peeper frogs hoping to get lucky ; moon rise & sunset cruises ; picking all...

Most of you know me as Sammy. Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think that I would miss a summer in Desbarats due to border closure....

In 1990, I suggested to my four siblings that we build another family camp. 

It was race day, ten o’clock and the wind was already coming out of the west. With the wind up this early any true sailor knew it was...

The Casey Dink  When I was a little boy, there were two large steamers that made the trip up and down the North Channel. Known as...

I miss the clouds, the stars, the white caps, the forest, the view, sails of sail boats, our living room, my children and nieces and...

Everything that people have written is just perfect. I will add Trip to the black hole, picnics on Plumber, Sailing in Anderson Bay with...

I miss the smell of the white pines, the sound they make in the wind I miss sitting on the deck watching another sunset I miss the...

Enriched by everyone’s words Desbarats’ waters sparkle and the fragrances of pine & burning fires mix with the sounds you have spoken of...

I miss seeing the joy being in Debra gives my children. This is their happy place. I miss seeing Debra summer friends and my children’s...

The rhythmic bonding of seeing everyone each year holds a special place in my heart along with watching the sparkles of light dance on...