Between Tachon and Testa Here is the stretch of lily pads between the 2 story Testa house and Tachon. Beavers use to drop a couple of tress every few years along the shore. You could usually see some good blueberry bushes and fishin’ mussels – those small black kind – up along to the shore. […]
Grandma McCormack’s – Now Testa Here is a two-story house which was Grandma MacCormack’s – Jimmy McCormack’s paternal grandma. There were three houses on that hill. Each of the 3 sisters got one. Those houses are now owned by Testas. One of the upper cottages is still there!
Hughes and Weinert Here is the grassy slope leading up to the Hughes (formerly Cooks) on the left and Weinert (center right). Testa is to the right of this shore photo.
Bongiovi (right) and McCormack Cottages (center) The Bongiovi’s Cottage use to be a hunting lodge back in the 1930s. Down by the pump well was an ice shack. Small shacks were filled with sawdust and and then blockice cut from the lake during the winter freeze. The Saaf and McCormack homes were in the family […]