The Thomas Lang (T.L.)II Moffat Family

PENLAKE HISTORICAL COMMITTEE - 2015

• Thomas Lang Moffat married Elizabeth Bryce King, in Scotland in 1856. They had 7 sons and 1 daughter. From eldest to youngest they were:

• Born in Scotland: Robert (died at age 2), John King (J.K.), Thomas Lang II (T.L.), Frederick William (F.W.), Alfred Bryce (A.B.). Born In Canada: Elizabeth Bryce (Bessie) and Charles Lang (C.L.)

• In 1904, 3 Moffat brothers John King (J.K.), Thomas Lang (T.L.) and Frederick William (F.W.) and their families came to Penlake where they bought and built on adjoining lots in a subdivision created by Mary Ennest on the Springbank shore (now Springsyde). These cottages are named “Rothesay”, “Crossford” and “Corralyn” respectively.

• Alfred Bryce (A.B.) later built a cottage across the lake which is now owned by Alex and Barb Armstrong, called “Silvertrees” while Charles Lang (C.L.) built on land originally owned by the Moffat Stove Company, on the Springsyde shore, at the current Stephenson cottage location.

• Four of the original Moffat cottages remain standing as of 2015, although in 1926 the original Corralyn cottage was moved six cottages west, along the Springsyde shore.

Some Moffat History

• T.L. II and his wife Ella Reid stayed at Crossford Cottage on the Springsyde shore and they had 6 children: Dorothy, Beatrice, Thomas Lang III, Don, John King (Jack) and Norman.

• Thomas Lang III married Marjorie Bunting and they owned Wonderview Farm near Hillside, off Hwy 60. They had 2 children, Thomas Lang IV (“Lang”) and Doug. Doug left the lake, but Lang has continued to cottage here with his wife, Norma (Coote) and family and bought a cottage across the lake.

• Lang IV and Norma have 4 children: Heather, Thomas Lang (T.L.) V, Ross and Gordon and 12 grandchildren. All children continue to have summer residences on or near the lake but none live in any of the original five Moffat cottages that were on the lake in the early 1900’s.

T.L. Moffat Descendants

1915, T.L. 2nd and Ella Moffat at Crossford Cottage, Springsyde shore

TL Moffat at Crossford – the other F.W. and J.K. Moffat boathouses can be seen in the background

Courtesy Lang Moffat IV

2 men in Canoe with British Flag on Penlake

Courtesy Lang Moffat IV

Sunday School Class along Springsyde Shore with T.L. Moffat family, F.W. Moffat and some J.K. Moffat family

Courtesy Olive Moffat photo album

T.L. Moffat family at Crossford. Ella Moffat standing on left.

Courtesy Olive Moffat photo album

Courtesy Olive Moffat photo album

Sponson Canoe docking at T.L. Moffat’s

Swimming and playing along Springsyde Shore

Courtesy Lang Moffat IV

Beatrice Moffat, daughter of T. L. Moffat II on rockwall in front of Crossford, 1920's

Norm Moffat, son of T.L. Moffat II when he was 9-10 years old. Trout fishing on Springsyde shore in 1920s

Courtesy Lang Moffat IV

circa 1915, Lang Moffat III and Don Moffat going for fresh spring water at Crossford Cottage, Springsyde

1927 - Marjorie Bunting (who married T.L. Moffat III) shooting gun on one tree island on Fairy Lake

Courtesy Lang Moffat IV

Courtesy Lang Moffat IV

Boat at Huntsville dock, with Dr. Bauer from Springsyde shore

Circa 1915 - Dr. Bauer Cottage, Springsyde, with Ella Moffat and possibly Mrs. Bauer. Bauer cottage then became Taylors and now Vaudreys

Children on twig chair on Springsyde shore

Courtesy Lang Moffat IV

TL II holding Don. Ella with Dorothy and Beatrice (Bea)

Courtesy of Olive Moffat photo album

Circa 1915, Cottage of C.L. Moffat (currently Stephenson Cottage)

Courtesy Lang Moffat IV

Circa 1915, T.L. II and Ella Moffat family, with T.L. III, Beatrice, Dorothy, and J.K.(Jack) – Norm and C.L. were born after this.

Lone Pine Point, Peninsula Lake

Courtesy Lang Moffat IV

Flora (Moffat, daughter of Gordon Moffat) and Murray Hunter, after 1954 tornado that uprooted white pine on Lone Pine Point. Murray is 6 ft. tall, and the upturned roots are far in excess of that.

Courtesy Lang Moffat IV

Wonderview Farms, owned and operated by T.L. Moffat III and his wife, Marjorie

Courtesy Lang Moffat IV

Sheep evening meal at Wonderview Farms

Courtesy Lang Moffat IV

Sheep at Wonderview farm with Penlake and Dunelg Island in background

Courtesy Lang Moffat IV

Springsyde shore by Purdy's/Maunders. Canoeing or tilting with Algonquin stopping at Springsyde Dock

Courtesy Lang Moffat IV

T.L. Moffat II, with family in canoe on Penlake. Annie Moffat, wife of J.K. Moffat in stern with Ella in front of her, on right.

Courtesy Lang Moffat IV

Tom Buchanan, Beatrice, Joy Charlton with family or friends

Courtesy Lang Moffat IV