Points of Interest around the Island

Chapel Point

This remote point of land was once an inaccessible jungle of downed trees and junk-wood, until the visiting Men’s Breakfast Club from our church in Georgetown decided that it would make a nice place for quiet meditation and Sunday worship. Prior to this, we had been ferrying the guys over to a little island nearby on Sunday mornings where we could get away from the trappings of civilization and be led in Sunday worship by our church minister. But it was getting difficult competing with the loons who were nesting on the shore of that little island (at one point they completely drowned out the minister), so we decided that a home-grown chapel, remotely located on the island, would be just the thing. As they say, many hands make light work, so a day spent with axes, chainsaws, chipper and rakes transformed the spot into what you see now. From this location, one would not know that there was anyone else on the lake, save for one small cabin on an island off in the distance. The mainland shore opposite is, in accordance with the Tenets for Temagami, nothing but wilderness. It should be noted here that Lake Temagami is the only lake in Ontario to outlaw mainland residential development, following an agreement with the lumber barons back in 1905.