Our family cabin at Lake Whatcom in Washington State had a pump house for water in the sink and a spigot outside in the boat shed for the wringer washer, but no sewer, so there was an outhouse up the hill. My brother had a big toy boat he threw in - twice. Mom fished it out, cleaned it up, but the second time I don't remember if it stayed down there or she fished it out and threw it away. I remember it was a big deal at the time. (He was 3 and I was 5.)