"Naturally shy, he was rarely persuaded to pay visits, but under his roof in Montreal, on the Matapedia and at Metis, and later at Brocket, it was his great happiness to gather his friends together; his contemporaries have passed away, but he loved the young, and many still remember, and will miss, his cheery welcome, the simplicity of his ways and thoughts, his ready sympathy, and his wise counsel." Obituary for George Stephen, The Times, December 1, 1921