GEORGEVILLE AND GEORGEVILLE. Those are the answers to the where and why of the story behind this cottage. Georgeville—a charming village on the shores of Lake Memphremagog in Quebec’s Eastern Townships—also happens to be a big part of how it all happened.
Leigh Partington and her husband, Mark Smith, built their modern-yet-uncompromisingly-comfortable 900-sq.-ft. cabin on a sprawling piece of land that had belonged to Leigh’s aunt Mary on her dad’s side. But that’s just the start. Leigh grew up here, and the Partingtons have been around almost as long as Georgeville itself. There’s a street named after them, and Leigh’s dad and grandfather, owners of a local construction company, have built about 80 homes in
