Gerald was born in 1941 in Duluth, MN. His parents were Harry and Genevieve Brown who purchased Windigo Point from the estate of Jim Dunn in 1947. Windigo Point was located on Seagull Lake as an operation of housekeeping cabins.
Many neighbors that Gerald remembers on Seagull Lake were the Tibbett, Mayo, Carlson, Blankenburg, and Blomberg, families. Fun activities involved water sports on homemade boards; fishing; camping and traveling to other lakes in the area.