Darlene Stubs at one time lived in the summers in a log cabin she had renovated. It was a single room cabin with a bed, table and chairs and a cook stove that served as a heating system as well. She said that she had come here to get away from her high pressure work in Toronto and write poetry.
The cabin is (was) located west of Gowganda, in Northern Ontario, well off the main road (at the time a rough gravel road serving logging trucks) on a river. If you did not know where it was, you certainly would not find it. The area surrounding the cabin was dense bush but about 30 metres from the front door (actually the only door) to the cabin was a typical Northern Ontario river and her dock. Tied up to the dock was a fibreglass canoe, her main mode of transport to town (Gowganda) for her shopping trip every couple of weeks. That trip she would make alone and took about half a day each way.
She loved the peace and quiet and tolerated us as one of her only visitors that year (aside from her boyfriend, a local prospector). But she also had the occasional visit from a bear. To deal with that she kept a loaded rifle handy in the cabin, and she said she new how to use it, and had.
Darlene graciously served Dayle and me tea and allowed me to take her photo.
(Photo taken late 1970s)
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