The woods of Naufrage

My life was enriched in my ways when I got married 14 years ago. One of these ways is the deep connection my parents-in-law have to the “North side” on the Eastern end of Prince Edward Island. This includes a humble cottage in an extraordinary location near the Shipwreck Point Lightstation in Naufrage, PEI (Naufrage is French for ‘shipwreck’).

The Shipwreck Point Lightstation, where my kids’ great-grandfather, Daniel Leonard O’Henley, served as the lighthouse keeper from 1939 to 1955.

Like many cottages, this one is a patchwork of additions and repairs that have accumulated over decades. It is furnished with items that outlived their usefulness or fell out of fashion at their primary home and retired to the cottage life.

On our most recent stay, I was struck by how many different types of wood grain, panelling, and shingles there are in the cottage. I counted at least fifteen:

Woods of our cottage in Naufrage
The many wood grains, panels, and shingles of the family cottage

 

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