Congrats Craig - great to see the old marsh haunts with their club houses still survive and sometimes thrive. Regretably my story is somewhat different. Thirty years ago I was invited to club on Wye Marsh. Those in Ontario will surely know of this locale. Famed for its hunting at one time. There were 8 members in the club all sons of the founders. The youngest member was 72 when I attended, 7 members were present at the club the 8th then in his early 90s was not able to attend opening day. None of the descendants of the members were interested or perhaps the cost of buying out the other member's shares was too daunting. They had 5000 acres deeded to them and now that land with it's massive log main lodge and attendant log cabins was valued in the millions of dollars. The club charter forbid anyone to sell shares outside the membership unless all the other members refused to buy the share and then to gain membership unanimous approval was required for the new member. It was two years later that the land and lodge were sold to the Onario Provincial Government and the lodge as a hunting establishment is no more. I am sure that there were likely deep pocketed people who would have bought the place but it was not to be. I only hunted there the one time but I well recall the lodge, the paintings, carvings and furnishings which made the place exactly what I then and now think a well established gentleman's hunting club should look like.
