MJM Resort in the late 1940's
Ivanhoe Resort started out it's resort life as Allen's Resort on the south tip of Walker Bay. I was told that Mr. Allen was a contractor and built the resort cabins either in the 20's or 30's to keep his workers busy during down times. The earliest I found any mention of the resort was 1932. I was told that some of the cabins started life out as small logging cabins that were pulled out of the woods and used for guests. All had some sort of additions, some were built new, and they are almost all still there.
It was next called M-J-M Resort. The letters stood for the names of the three owners, Merle Meyer, Jack Meyer, and Mable Mitchell. I could not find out for sure when it changed from Allen's resort to M-J-M Resort. It most likely happened in the late 40's.
It was M-J-M for quite some time up through the early 60's when it was sold to Ivan and Irene Flowers and became Ivanhoe Resort.
The Flowers ran Ivanhoe until 1976 when they sold it to Bill and Mary DeVries. Bill and Mary ran the resort through 2012 when they sold it and it became a private resort called South Walker Bay.
Today it looks much as it did when Bill and Mary ran it as Ivanhoe resort. Part of the cabins were sold off as private homes, and the rest are run as seasonal leases, but it all looks the same.
I have heard many great stories from Bill and Mary about their time running the resort, great stories from others that have been long time renters at the resort, and I would love to hear your stories. Feel free to post! Pictures would be great.
As a note of disclosure, I am a seasonal leaser at South Walker Bay Resort and it is a great place!
Here are pictures as Allen's Resort.
As M-J-M Resort
As Ivanhoe Resort
