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The Township of Muskoka Lakes is an area municipality of the District Municipality of Muskoka, Ontario, Canada. It has a year-round population of 6,588.

History and government




Full Tour of Lake Muskoka on Cruise Ship Lady Muskoka, Ontario, Canada -

The area now covered by the township was opened for settlement and organized in 1870 into the following geographic (and sometime municipal) townships of Watt, Cardwell, Humphrey, Christie, Medora and Wood.

In 1971, the current municipal structure took hold when Cardwell Township, Watt Township, Medora and Wood Townships, Bala, Port Carling, Windermere and part of Monck Township were merged.

The municipal offices are located in Port Carling.

Communities


Muskoka Lakes Construction | Ontario Cottage Builder
Muskoka Lakes Construction | Ontario Cottage Builder. Source : www.cottagedesignbuild.ca

The township contains the communities of Bala, Bala Park, Bardsville, Barlochan, Beaumaris, Baysville, Bear Cave, Beatrice, Bent River, Brackenrig, Cedar Village, Dee Bank, Dixon's Corners, Dudley, Duffy, Echo Beach, Ferndale, Foot's Bay, Glen Orchard, Gregory, Gull Rock, Hekkla, Inverness Lodge, Juddhaven, Mendora, Milford Bay, Minett, Morinus, Mortimers Point, Park Beach, Port Carling, Port Keewaydin, Port Sandfield, Raymond, Redwood, Roderick, Rossclair, Rosseau Falls, Rostrevor, Shannon Hall, Sunset Beach, Thorel House, Tomelin Bluffs, Torrance, Ufford, Ullswater, Valley Green Beach, Walkers Point, Willow Beach, Whiteside, Windermere, Woodington, Woodward Station and Ziska.

Geography and economy


boathouses | Muskoka Blog
boathouses | Muskoka Blog. Source : www.muskokablog.com

The township is located on Canadian Shield and thus is marked with outcrops of igneous rock and evergreen trees. Although inland from both Lake Huron's Georgian Bay and Lake Simcoe, the township contains the Muskoka Lakes consisting of Lake Muskoka, Lake Rosseau and Lake Joseph, amongst many other smaller lakes.

Timber was initially the greatest economic attraction for the region. The soil is poor and rocky and consequently is not especially suited to agriculture.

As the resource industries dried up, the area soon embraced tourism as its economic base because of its proximity to Toronto and the rest of Southern Ontario. For many Ontarians, this is the centre of cottage country.

Demographics


Lake Muskoka - Wikipedia
Lake Muskoka - Wikipedia. Source : en.wikipedia.org

Racial groups

  • 97.1% White
  • 2.0% Aboriginal
  • 0.3% Chinese
  • 0.2% Black
  • 0.4% other

Religious groups

  • 58.8% Protestant
  • 17.4% Roman Catholic
  • 2.0% other Christian
  • 21.8% non-religion

People from Muskoka


Henshaw Lake in Muskoka | Muskoka Blog
Henshaw Lake in Muskoka | Muskoka Blog. Source : www.muskokablog.com

  • Viola R. MacMillan

See also


lake joseph
lake joseph" | Muskoka Blog - Part 3. Source : www.muskokablog.com

  • YMCA Camp Pine Crest near Torrance
  • List of townships in Ontario

References


Muskoka Boat Rentals - Jet Ski Rentals - Sea Doo Rentals Muskoka
Muskoka Boat Rentals - Jet Ski Rentals - Sea Doo Rentals Muskoka. Source : www.discovermuskoka.ca

  • Tatley, Richard. Steamboating in Muskoka. Bracebridge, Ontario : Muskoka Litho, 1972.

External links


Leonard Lake | Muskoka Blog
Leonard Lake | Muskoka Blog. Source : www.muskokablog.com

  • Official website

Canada, Ontario, Port Carling. Muskoka Lakes Association Regatta ...
Canada, Ontario, Port Carling. Muskoka Lakes Association Regatta .... Source : www.alamy.com

 
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