Vice President – Ian Mackay

I am the newest member of the Road Executive, but one of the older members of this community. Back in 1985, while living in Kingston, Jane and I learned that new cottage properties were opening up on a lake close to Verona. We chose to take a look at several of them that were still available. One look was all it took!

We settled on lot 9, on condition that a road into this lot be built. Our initial visit was just a hike into this property on a hot sunny day in July, complete with deer flies! Building began in 1988, a round log home structure, and was completed the following year. For many years we used it as a cottage, but since 2012 it has become our permanent retirement home. Early on, we chose to call our wooded treasure “Beinn Oran”, two Gaelic words, translated into English as “Mountain Song”.

We believe it speaks well for us as a family and for the special place where all nature sings. We have three sons, and now three grandchildren who, in their years growing up, enjoy and value cottage life and all it has to offer. Our two grandsons are accomplished bagpipers and you will know they are in residence when the sound of their pipes echoes across the waters.

We are grateful to be part of this mighty fine community. And, we are ever so happy to have a well-engineered road system (a big improvement from those early days) that gets us to wherever we need or want to go. What a pleasure to be part of such a caring and productive team of volunteers!