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October 05, 2019
Spectacular View Awaits Those Who Relive The Climb of The Dorset Towermen
Article by Dawn Huddlestone When Muskoka’s landscape dons its vibrant fall coat, cloaked in dazzling reds, oranges and yellows, it’s a spectacular sight from just about any vantage point. But there are few locations that can rival the view from the Dorset Scenic Lookout Tower. For more than 50 years, visitors have enjoyed a 360-degree...
October 03, 2019
Rural Church Receives an Unlikely Second Chance
Article by Matt Driscoll / Photography by Andy Zeltkalns As an example of the strength of community and the tenacity of Muskoka’s rural residents above all, the story of St. Peter’s Rocksborough Church is one of legacy and rebirth. Last year, when the future of the modest log church seemed in...
September 25, 2019
Muskoka Settlers Adapted To Bush Farming by Changing Just About Everything
Article by J. Patrick Boyer For centuries, Muskoka has sustained people whose relationship with the land and evolving farming practices are a testament to human adaptability. For a period to the 1860s, for instance, the face of Muskoka farming was communal. Families dwelling in log homes near water cultivated beans, squash, corn,...
September 19, 2019
Muskoka's Gold - Still Waiting to be Found
Article by J. Patrick Boyer It was only a matter of perseverance, and time, until somebody struck gold in Muskoka. There’d been a definite pattern. Somebody in a remote region found placer gold shining in a gravelly mountain stream or his pick chipped a rocky outcropping’s secret. Then word of his claim...
May 30, 2019
Early Muskoka Councils and Issues Engaging Them
Article by J. Patrick Boyer Muskoka’s councillors have plenty of issues, today, including their own futures with Queen’s Park reviewing municipal government for our District. In times like this, if you think some perspective might be helpful, here are several cameos of what engaged earlier Muskoka councils. GOVERNMENTAL FRAMEWORK Just getting a framework...
May 28, 2019
The General Store – A focal point of community life
Article by Meghan Smith / Photography by Andy Zeltkalns The local general store has been a focal point of community life in the villages and hamlets of Muskoka ever since the very earliest days of settlement. From humble beginnings as outposts, general stores now serve small or rural communities by offering...
