Lights on the Muskoka Lakes

Beginning in the mid-1800s, the Muskoka district began to open up due to widespread lumbering and the Free Land Grant program that encouraged settlers to move here. With a number of small settlements developing on the shores of the three adjoining lakes of Muskoka, Rosseau and Joseph, A.P. Cockburn saw the need for a steamship service to supply these communities with mail, equipment and other provisions. He also promoted Muskoka as a grand place to vacation; consequently, the development of the region was accompanied by the growth of Cockburn’s fleet of ships…continue reading.

Read the full article originally published in the Fall 2016 issue of Muskoka Reflections magazine