<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html style="direction: ltr;" lang="en-ca"> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=UTF-16" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title>Allan Mackie 80th Birthday at Shanty Lake 2005</title> </head> <body style="direction: ltr;"> <p align="center"></p> <table style="text-align: left; width: 100%;" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"> <tbody> <tr> <td><img style="width: 198px; height: 147px;" alt="Crest of B. Allan Mackie of Shanty Lake" src="../images/BAMcrest.GIF"></td> <td> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.gg.ca/heraldry/pub-reg/project.asp?lang=e&amp;ProjectID=331" target="_blank"><b><font size="5">B. Allan Mackie of Shanty Lake</font></b></a></p> <p align="center"><b><font size="5">80th Birthday Celebration</font></b></p> <p align="center"><b><font size="5">October 2005</font></b></p> <p align="center"><b><font size="5">\K\Vng0 n080Mbn0晩u錯</font></b></p> <p style="text-align: center;">Click on the image to display a larger version (800 x 600).&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center;">00'YM0j0󕋎򋒼0(800&times; 600)0h:yY00_00k0񍰠0򋅪񯧢򬿴W0f0O0`0U0D00</p> </td> <td><img style="width: 90px; height: 69px;" alt="Badge of B. Allan Mackie of Shanty Lake" src="../images/BAMbadge.JPG"></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <br> In the autumn of 2005, Captain Robin Mackie happily accepted an invitation to attend a celebration of the 80th birthday of his kinsman, Mr. Allan Mackie of Shanty Lake, Representer of the House of Francis Hector Mackie.<br> <br> On the Saturday, the West Coast cousins of Shanty Lake, Captain and Mrs. Mackie,&nbsp;their son Christopher and daughter-in-law Hiroko, made their initial visit to Shanty Lake, at which time the latter was presented with an edition of The Mackie Collection, edited and hand-bound by Captain Mackie himself, and with a banner of his arms, hand-sewn by Mrs. Robin Mackie. &nbsp;<br> <br> Christopher, Captain Mackie's second son, was especially excited, as it was his first time to meet Shanty Lake -&nbsp;Christopher's first cousin once removed.<br> <br> None could have asked for better weather that weekend, and the autumn foliage was impressively aflame, quite unlike that usually enjoyed on the West Coast. &nbsp;<br> <br> On Sunday, the day of the festivities proper, Captain Mackie and family (suitably attired in tartan) paraded up the drive to Shanty Lake's new house, Ardea, with Christopher playing <span style="font-weight: bold;">'</span><a style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank" href="../images/greenhills.mid">The Green Hills of Tyrol</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">'</span> on the pipes. &nbsp;The day was spent 'belly-riving, sowping, claivering an' makin' maisic' and concluded with the old Highland festive tradition of a bonfire at sundown, and an eerie recitation by Shanty Lake of&nbsp; 'The Cremation of Sam McGee' (McGee being a variant spelling of Mackie, of course!).<br> <br> <div align="center"> <center> <table style="width: 70%;" border="0" cellspacing="10"> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="01-Allan-Mackie-Shanty-Lake.jpg"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 160px; height: 120px;" src="01-Allan-Mackie-Shanty-Lake-small.jpg" alt="Christopher and Allan Mackie at Shanty Lake (80 KB)"></a><br> Christopher and Allan Mackie<br> <font face="verdana" size="1">񯧢򎒾󤕘0J00s0񇨀0 Mackie<br> </font></td> <td><a href="02-The-Cabin.jpg"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 160px; height: 120px;" src="02-The-Cabin-small.jpg" alt="The Cabin at Quiet Bay (147 KB)"></a><br> The Cabin at Quiet Bay<br> 񩜬󞘜</td> <td><a href="03-Magnetawan.jpg"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 160px; height: 120px;" src="03-Magnetawan-small.jpg" alt="Magnetawan River (87 KB)"></a><br> Magnetawan River<br> MagnetawanVn</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="04-Magnetawan-Bridge.jpg"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 160px; height: 120px;" src="04-Magnetawan-Bridge-small.jpg" alt="Bridge at Magnetawan (174 KB)"></a><br> Bridge at Magnetawan</td> <td><a href="05-Autumn-in-Ontario-Canning-Rd.jpg"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 160px; height: 120px;" src="05-Autumn-in-Ontario-Canning-Rd-small.jpg" alt="Autumn in Ontario (95 KB)"></a><br> Autumn in Ontario</td> <td><a href="06-Autumn-in-Ontario.jpg"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 160px; height: 120px;" src="06-Autumn-in-Ontario-small.jpg" alt="Autumn in Ontario (113 KB)"></a><br> Autumn in Ontario </td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="07-Autumn-in-Ontario.jpg"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 160px; height: 120px;" src="07-Autumn-in-Ontario-small.jpg" alt="The Road to Shanty Lake (162 KB)"></a><br> The Road to Shanty Lake</td> <td><a href="08-Allan-and-Robin-Mackie.jpg"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 120px; height: 160px;" src="08-Allan-and-Robin-Mackie-small.jpg" alt="Allan Mackie and Robin Mackie (54 KB)"></a><br> Shanty Lake and Capt. Mackie</td> <td><a href="09-Robin-and-Allan-Mackie-at-Ardea.jpg"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 120px; height: 160px;" src="09-Robin-and-Allan-Mackie-at-Ardea-small.jpg" alt="Robin Mackie and Allan Mackie at Ardea"></a><br> Robin Mackie and Allan Mackie</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="10-Robin-Allan-and-Christopher-Mackie-at-Ardea.jpg"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 120px; height: 160px;" src="10-Robin-Allan-and-Christopher-Mackie-at-Ardea-small.jpg" alt="Robin Mackie Allan Mackie and Christopher Mackie (91 KB)"></a><br> Shanty Lake, flanked by <br> his cousins Robin &amp; <br> Christopher</td> <td><a href="11-Christopher-Mackie-at-Shanty-Lake.jpg"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 160px; height: 120px;" src="11-Christopher-Mackie-at-Shanty-Lake-small.jpg" alt="Christopher Mackie At Shanty Lake (143 KB)"></a><br> Christopher Mackie at Shanty Lake</td> <td><a href="12-Autumn-at-Shanty-Lake.jpg"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 160px; height: 120px;" src="12-Autumn-at-Shanty-Lake-small.jpg" alt="Autumn at Shanty Lake (181 KB)"></a><br> Autumn at Shanty Lake</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="13-Robin-and-Gwen-Mackie-at-Shanty-Lake.jpg"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 160px; height: 120px;" src="13-Robin-and-Gwen-Mackie-at-Shanty-Lake-small.jpg" alt="Captain and Mrs. Mackie at Shanty Lake (133 KB)"></a><br> Captain and Mrs.Mackie<br> at Shanty Lake</td> <td><a href="14-Robin-and-Gwen-Mackie-at-Shanty-Lake.jpg"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 160px; height: 120px;" src="14-Robin-and-Gwen-Mackie-at-Shanty-Lake-small.jpg" alt="Captain and Mrs. Mackie at Shanty Lake (106 KB)"></a><br> Captain and Mrs.&nbsp;Mackie<br> at Shanty Lake</td> <td><a href="15-Knottingham.jpg"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 160px; height: 120px;" src="15-Knottingham-small.jpg" alt="Knottingham (117 KB)"></a><br> Knottingham Cabin with<br> Captain and Mrs. Mackie,<br> and Hiroko<br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="16-Robin-and-Christopher-Mackie-at-Knottingham.jpg"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 120px; height: 160px;" src="16-Robin-and-Christopher-Mackie-at-Knottingham-small.jpg" alt="Robin Mackie and Christopher Mackie at Knottingham (109 KB)"></a><br> Robin Mackie and Christopher <br> Mackie at Knottingham</td> <td><a href="17-Autumn-in-Ontario.jpg"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 160px; height: 120px;" src="17-Autumn-in-Ontario-small.jpg" alt="Autumn in Ontario (112 KB)"></a><br> Autumn in Ontario</td> <td><a href="file:///L:/%23Web%20Site/thranite/mackie/birthday-at-shanty-lake/18-Suckling-Pig-Ready-for-the-Feast.jpg"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 160px; height: 120px;" src="18-Suckling-Pig-Ready-for-the-Feast-small.jpg" alt="Suckling Pig Ready for the Feast (127 KB)"></a><br> Suckling Pig Ready for the Feast</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="file:///L:/%23Web%20Site/thranite/mackie/birthday-at-shanty-lake/19-Robin-Mackie-with-Allan-Mackie-Banner.jpg"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 120px; height: 160px;" src="19-Robin-Mackie-with-Allan-Mackie-Banner-small.jpg" alt="Robin Mackie with Allan Mackie Banner (91 KB)"></a><br> Robin Mackie with the <br> Banner of Shanty Lake</td> <td><a href="20-Birthday-Bonfire.jpg"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 160px; height: 120px;" src="20-Birthday-Bonfire-small.jpg" alt="Birthday Bonfire (55 KB)"></a><br> Birthday Bonfire</td> <td><a href="21-Birthday-Bonfire.jpg"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 160px; height: 120px;" src="21-Birthday-Bonfire-small.jpg" alt="Birthday Bonfire (62 KB)"></a><br> Birthday Bonfire</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </center> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br> <span style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">The Cremation of Sam McGee</span><br> Robert W. Service<br> <br> 'There are strange things done in the midnight sun<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; By the men who moil for gold;<br> The Arctic trails have their secret tales<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; That would make your blood run cold;<br> The Northern Lights have seen queer sights,<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; But the queerest they ever did see<br> Was that night on the marge of Lake Lebarge<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I cremated Sam McGee.'<br> <div style="text-align: left;"></div> <div style="text-align: left;">Return to <a href="http://www.thranite.com/mackie/">Mackie Family Home</a></div> <br> </div> </body> </html>