After spending an afternoon at The Bruce County Museum's Archives, this is what we were able to find about the history of our property (TP PT Block B).  It looks like the farmhouse was built in 1880 by Donald McKenzie and Annie MacDonald before Annie (who became widowed) was deeded the land by the crown in 1889. The first assessment roll for the property , in 1893, indicated that Annie lived with her son, Hector McKenzie, a dog and five sheep. Annie was also the only female (occupation listed as widow) deeded any property in the records we were looking at. She was also only ever named as "Annie ?" or "Annie MacDonald" indicating that, uncharacteristically for the time, she never took her husband's name. The first tax records showing cottages being on the property were from the early 1940s.  We think "McKenzie's Fishing Camp" (unsure of the actual name) was opened by fisherman, George McKenzie (who was Annie's grandson) in that same time period.  We could not find any information about this business so may need another trip to the archives to dig into business licenses. Jeff's grandparents honeymooned in Southampton in 1941 and soon after, became patrons of "McKenzie's Fishing Camp." That's where our story began.