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Pioneer Muskoka

Author : Ray Love
Publisher : FriesenPress
ISBN 13 : 1460288130
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Pioneer Muskoka written by Ray Love and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2016-07-25 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of Ontario's premier cottage destination, Muskoka, was not commonplace or uneventful. Beginning in the 1860's, emigrants from the British Isles and Europe were lured to this desolate region with the promise of free land grants for farming. What they found were mature forests, swamp, and never ending rock. Their heroic attempts to make a living farming on the Precambrian Shield did not come without considerable discomfort. Pioneer Muskoka documents the struggles faced by these early homesteaders and their response to hardship, isolation, disease and poverty. This is the tale of a community banding together to overcome fear with courage and determination. Readers will be astounded by the lengths these settlers went in their quest to make a home for themselves and future generations in Muskoka. The eventual shift from farming to more profitable industries such as lumber and tourism brought a shift in attitude towards this now highly sought after locale. The first families, through their enormous efforts, were able to create this positive and enduring change.

Elgin House, Lake Joseph

Author : Ray Love
Publisher : FriesenPress
ISBN 13 : 1460252144
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Elgin House, Lake Joseph written by Ray Love and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2014-08-27 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elgin House, Lake Joseph Past and Present is a history of an important and successful summer resort in the Muskoka Region of Ontario from 1885 to the present. It details the efforts of four generations of the Love family to create a world class summer resort from modest beginnings.The resort was unique in that it catered to the many well to do Canadians and Americans with strong religious beliefs including several of North America's founding families. The book revolves around a series of Love family stories and is set in the context of developments in Canadian history throughout the twentieth century. The book contains 58 images of the resort through it's history including a number by the Muskoka photography legend Frank Mickelthwaite. It concludes with a description of the present day use of this property in the form of the luxurious Lake Joseph Club, a Thomas McBroom designed championship golf course, villas and lake front dining facility.

History of Muskoka

Author : Hugh G. Carmichael
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book History of Muskoka written by Hugh G. Carmichael and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Making Muskoka

Author : Andrew Watson
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 0774867868
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (748 download)

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Download or read book Making Muskoka written by Andrew Watson and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2022-10-15 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Muskoka. Now a premier destination for nature tourists and wealthy cottagers, the region underwent a profound transition at the turn of the twentieth century. Making Muskoka uncovers the connections between lived experience and identity in rural communities shaped by tourism at a time when sustainable opportunities for a sedentary life were few on the Canadian Shield. This rocky section of Ontario was transformed from an Indigenous homeland to a settler community and a part-time playground for tourists and cottagers. But what were the consequences for those who lived there year-round?

Muskoka Ontario's Playground

Author : Ray Love
Publisher : FriesenPress
ISBN 13 : 1525526243
Total Pages : 155 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book Muskoka Ontario's Playground written by Ray Love and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2018-05-22 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recreation and Sport are an integral part of Canadian culture. This is nowhere more evident than in the Muskoka District of Ontario. Beginning in the 1860s, people from more populated areas of Southern Ontario and the North Eastern United States flocked to Muskoka to enjoy nature's bounty. They came to fish, hunt, canoe, sail, swim, hike and explore. Many vacationed at one of the ever expanding selection of Muskoka resorts. Others built their own recreational retreats or cottages. Also beginning in the 1860s, Free Land Grant recipients ventured to the area to take land and attempt to farm it. They became the permanent population base and set about developing their own recreations and sporting organizations. This book surveys the attempts of all of Muskoka's residents and visitors to enjoy the recreational opportunities the region provided. The main focus of this local history is on how people in the past used recreation and sport to enhance their lives. In other words, what they did for exercise and fun.

Curing Tuberculosis in Muskoka

Author : Andrea Baston
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780992090319
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Curing Tuberculosis in Muskoka written by Andrea Baston and published by . This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Georgian Bay Ship Canal

Author : Ray Love
Publisher : FriesenPress
ISBN 13 : 1039105009
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book The Georgian Bay Ship Canal written by Ray Love and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2021-06-21 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Georgian Bay Ship Canal was a river and lake canalization scheme designed to create a commercial waterway along the route of the voyageurs. It was the dream of Canadian businessmen and entrepreneurs for centuries. Originally a trade route for Indigenous peoples, it became Canada's first Trans-Canada Highway during the fur trade, greatly contributing to the economic development of the colonies of France and later Britain. In the early years of Canadian nationhood it was viewed as the shortest route to get prairie grain to world markets. The canal scheme was supported by no fewer than six Canadian Prime Ministers and for a century less two years was surveyed a dozen times. It was also hotly debated in the Canadian Senate and House of Commons. The scheme was supported by lobby groups in Northern and Eastern Ontario as well as the Montreal business elite. It was strongly criticized by citizen's groups in cities along the shores of the rival Welland-St. Lawrence route. The story told is why the scheme, despite its geographical advantages, failed to see the bucket of a steam shovel. It is a story of political intrigue, Northern Ontario versus the South and the role that federal government overspending played in its demise. It was also at the center of the battle between federal and provincial governments over control of the lucrative resource of hydro-electricity. The book contains many historic maps and photos of the route as well as modern images from this famous Canadian waterway.

Guide Book & Atlas of Muskoka and Parry Sound Districts

Author : W. E. B. Hamilton
Publisher : Franklin Classics Trade Press
ISBN 13 : 9780353163614
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (636 download)

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Download or read book Guide Book & Atlas of Muskoka and Parry Sound Districts written by W. E. B. Hamilton and published by Franklin Classics Trade Press. This book was released on 2018-11-10 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Ghost Towns of Muskoka

Author : Andrew Hind
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1550027964
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Ghost Towns of Muskoka written by Andrew Hind and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2008-06-16 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors explore the tragic history of communities whose stars have long since faded, and the people who once lived, loved, and laboured in them.

RMS Segwun

Author : Andrew Hind
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1459704428
Total Pages : 83 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (597 download)

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Download or read book RMS Segwun written by Andrew Hind and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2012-04-21 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Built as a paddlewheeler in 1887, the Royal Mail Ship "Segwun" saw its initial career suspended in the 1950s when it ceased operating. Fortunately, the ship began a new life in 1974 when it was lovingly restored to serve as a sightseeing vessel.

A Steamboat Captain's History of Muskoka

Author : Levi R. Fraser
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780986486760
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (867 download)

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Download or read book A Steamboat Captain's History of Muskoka written by Levi R. Fraser and published by . This book was released on 2014-05 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Beaumaris

Author : Patricia Walbridge Ahlbrandt
Publisher : Erin, Ont. : Boston Mills Press
ISBN 13 : 9781550460322
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Beaumaris written by Patricia Walbridge Ahlbrandt and published by Erin, Ont. : Boston Mills Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Summer Before the Storm

Author : Gabriele Wills
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780973278057
Total Pages : 556 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book The Summer Before the Storm written by Gabriele Wills and published by . This book was released on 2011-01 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's the Age of Elegance in the summer playground of the affluent and powerful. Amid the pristine, island-dotted lakes and pine-scented forests of the Canadian wilderness, the young and carefree amuse themselves with glittering balls and friendly competitions. The summer of 1914 promises to be different when the ambitious and destitute son of a disowned heir joins his wealthy family at their cottage on Wyndwood Island. Through Jack's introduction into the privileged life of the aristocratic Wyndhams and their social circle, he seeks opportunities and alliances to better himself, including in his schemes, his beautiful and audacious cousin, Victoria. But their charmed lives begin to unravel with the onset of the Great War, in which many are destined to become part of the "lost generation." This richly textured tale takes the reader on an unforgettable journey from romantic moonlight cruises to the horrific sinking of the Lusitania, from regattas on the water to combat in the skies over France, from extravagant mansions to deadly trenches - from innocence to nationhood. The Summer Before The Storm, the first of the epic "Muskoka Novels," evokes a gracious, bygone era that still resonates in this legendary land of lakes.

The History of Muskoka's Tobin Island

Author : Traci A. Hay
Publisher : [Haliburton, Ont.] : Charasee Press
ISBN 13 : 9780919862289
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (622 download)

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Download or read book The History of Muskoka's Tobin Island written by Traci A. Hay and published by [Haliburton, Ont.] : Charasee Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history and stories about Tobin Island, the settlers and first families. Tobin Island is on Lake Rosseau.

English Bloods

Author : Frederick de la Fosse
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1896219969
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (962 download)

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Download or read book English Bloods written by Frederick de la Fosse and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2004-08-25 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illuminating and humorous biographical account of the "English Bloods" young men sent to learn farming skills in Muskoka in pioneer times.

Huntsville

Author : Susan Pryke
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780986486708
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (867 download)

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Download or read book Huntsville written by Susan Pryke and published by . This book was released on 2010-06 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Chasing the Muse: Canada

Author : Lloyd Walton
Publisher : FriesenPress
ISBN 13 : 1525545914
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book Chasing the Muse: Canada written by Lloyd Walton and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2019-07-02 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By adapting a code of conduct at a young age (the Code of the Trail), Lloyd embarked on a lifelong quest to live out his every dream. He became a pilot, he had a brush with the big time in the NHL, he flew with the Snowbirds, he had remarkable encounters with Pierre Trudeau, Bob Dylan and Neil Young, and found a job that paid him to have fun. But a sixteen-year search for ancient wisdom, hidden in rock paintings and carvings (pictographs and petroglyphs), an often-dangerous odyssey, brings rewards and consequences unexpected and revelatory. In often very funny, often very moving episodes, Chasing the Muse: Canada, reveals new insights into Canadian history, identity, and landscape. Lloyd has received more than 35 provincial, national, and international awards, including the Academy of Canadian Cinema, the American Indian Film Festival in San Francisco, and the World Festival of Tourism Films in Milan, Italy. As a painter, he has had five solo show of oils and acrylics of scenes from across Canada. Texas Governor George W. Bush made Lloyd an Honorary Texan. He was the creative director for a gift from the Province of Ontario to HR Queen Elizabeth II. While filming, he was twice kissed by a moose and once surrounded by black bears. He has been alone in the middle of a herd of caribou, stared a polar bear in the eye and had tigers jumping over him. His films have been translated into French, German, Dutch, Japanese, Cree, Ojibway, Ojicree, Inuktitut, and Russian.