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Author : Andrea Baston,Candis Jones
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10
Category : Public health
ISBN : 0992090318
Author : Gabriele Wills
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2011-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0973278056
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.
Author : Ray Love
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2014-08-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781460252147
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.
Author : Judy Ross
Publisher : Erin, Ont. : Boston Mills Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : History
ISBN : 1550460048
Ontario's cottage country is famous for its blue lakes and rocky shores, and this wonderful coffee table book captures the spirit of cottage country like no other book before it. John de Visser's award-winning photographs combine with Judy Ross's homespun text to paint an unforgettable picture of contemporary Muskoka.
Author : Andrea Hillo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 79 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Art, Canadian
ISBN : 0987786423
Author : Andrew Hind,Maria Da Silva
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 83 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012-04-21
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781459704442
One hundred and twenty-five years of steamboating in Muskoka come alive with the anniversary celebration of the RMS Segwun. The Royal Mail Ship Segwun is the oldest operating steamship in North America, a Muskoka icon, and one of Ontario’s best-known tourist attractions. Built as a paddlewheeler in 1887, the RMS Segwun saw her initial career suspended in the 1950s when the ship ceased operations. Fortunately, she began a new chapter in 1974 when she was lovingly restored and magnificent sightseeing cruises were offered. Those who board the vessel step back in time to a romantic era in cottage country’s history when steamboats were vital to settlement, tourism, and economic development. The history of this celebrated Canadian ship and her sister vessels that made up the Muskoka Navigation Company fleet is thoughtfully explored, as is the long and significant past of steamboating on the Muskoka lakes. Historical and contemporary photographs complement the story of this "Queen of Muskoka" in recognition of her 125th anniversary.
Author : Andrew Hind,Maria Da Silva
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2008-06-16
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781550027969
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.
Author : Andrew Hind
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1773110004
Exploring Hidden Muskoka is a book that will assist readers in exploring locations of historical and natural interest throughout Muskoka, revealing a side to this popular region that few tourists and cottagers appreciate. The book will be designed to be highly entertaining while also being a practical tool to assist in exploration and sightseeing.
Author : James K. Bartleman
Publisher : Douglas Gibson Books
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2009-02-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781551992068
A warm, at times hilarious, yet dark childhood memoir from a bestselling author. This memoir recalls the boyhood years of Ontario’s future lieutenant-governor, living in a dilapidated old house complete with outdoor toilet and coal oil-lamp lighting. Behind the outrageous stories, larger-than life-characters, and descriptions of the mores of a small village in the heart of Ontario’s cottage country are flashes of insight from the perspective of a child that recall the great classic Who has Seen the Wind by W.O. Mitchell. But why "a different Muskoka?" Because the boy was a half-breed kid. Visits to his mother’s reserve showed him that he was caught between two worlds. His mother’s fight with depression flowed from that dilemma. His father — the book’s main character — was a lovable, white, working class, happy-go-lucky guy who never had any money but who made the best home brew in the village — and his specialty was raisin wine. Like that raisin wine, this unusual book goes down easily and has a kick to it.
Author : Gabriele Wills
Publisher : Mindshadows
Page : 605 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781775035428
Tucked into the rugged Canadian wilderness of Muskoka's majestic lake country, Merilee Sutcliffe's peaceful town seems worlds away from the escalating conflict in Europe. But life is about to change dramatically in the Summer of 1940. As her patriotic friends and relatives leave for battle, her small town is thrust into the war machine. Merilee's formerly tranquil skies soon roar with aircraft from the Royal Norwegian Air Force, stationed nearby to train young men determined to liberate their country from Nazi occupation. When German Prisoners of War march into her shocked community, they become Merilee's closest neighbours - and biggest threat. What unfolds in her remote town and on foreign shores sets Merilee and her growing circle on a collision course with an unimagined destiny. Caught up in the chaos is Luftwaffe pilot Erich Leitner. Shot down during the Battle of Britain and transplanted to a lakeside prison in Muskoka, he discovers he has more to fear from his comrades than his captors. While her cousin-in-spirit, Elyse Thornton, navigates the treacherous skies of Britain as a Spitfire Girl, audaciously ferrying warplanes from factories to airfields, Merilee becomes quietly entangled in her own dangerous liaisons on the home front. Caught between worlds, with conflicted loyalties and a sense of duty, she joins the Royal Canadian Air Force, Women's Division, and soon finds herself in ground-zero London, focusing her photographer's lens on a city under bombardment. Far from carefree summers on the lake, struggling to survive the relentless demands and sacrifices of war, Merilee, Elyse, and their friends wonder if they dare to risk their hearts as well. As unlikely lives intersect, ideologies and social hierarchies are challenged, loves and friendships are forged or broken, and countless heroes are made and lost. But even those who return to the serenity of Muskoka are changed forever.
Author : Hap Wilson
Publisher : Erin, Ont. : Boston Mills Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Travel
ISBN : 155046339X
A guide book to the less-traveled regions of Ontario between Georgian Bay and the Algonquin highlands featuring 80 hand-drawn maps. Both easy day trips and much more adventurous trips are covered.
Author : Andrew Watson
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2022-10-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780774867863
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?
Author : Andrew Hind,Maria Da Silva
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2011-04-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781554888573
Since the 1880s, people have travelled to Muskoka in search of solace and relaxation, enjoying the comfort and warm hospitality of resorts while revelling in the tranquil wilderness and refreshing lakes. Here the stories of twenty classic resorts are explored, some of which are thriving today while others are long gone but fondly remembered.
Author : Ray Love
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781525526220
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.
Author : Martin Avery
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 119 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2010-06-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780557519590
It's a page-turner with a mystery and a whodunnit wrapped in a thriller, with Nazis, Communists, Norman Bethune and Tom Thompson in the middle, and it becomes a psychological horror, that's funny, fun, and has a surprise ending that is oddly satisfying and will stay with you forever.
