For some of the years during WWII, the McDonalds were unable to visit spend the summer at their cottage in Iroquois on the St. Lawrence River. People were being prohibited from certain areas and the river was being patrolled. The cottage was in one of those areas. Instead, the family rented a cottage near Kars, Ontario. Bob, Jim and Lionel were in the Navy during the war, and other members of the family were working nearby in Ottawa.

Standing - left to right:
Bob McDonald & wife, Joan; Mary McDonald (later Roos), Sylvia McDonald (Hestleton) & husband George McDonald; unknown??; Lionel McDonald; Marguerite (Oars) and husband Don McDonald.

Sitting:
Marian McDonald (later Kay); Elinora Clark (McDonald); Alfred Ernest McDonald holding Terry McDonald (Don and Marguerite's son; Esther McDonald holding Jim Jr, Jim and Alice McDonald.