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    Note uncoursed (rubble) wall and timber support posts.

    Troops from Parry Sound and Muskoka gathered at Novar for a annual district Church Parade and Service. In attendance were Scout troops and Cub packs from Huntsville, Novar, Emsdale, Burks Falls, Grav

    As well as controlling water levels, the Big East River system was used every spring for log runs. The various lumber companies in the area stamped thier logs and sent them down the river with the sp

    As well as controlling water levels, the Big East River system was used every spring for log runs. The various lumber companies in the area stamped their logs and sent them down the river with the sp

    A lumbering dam built on this site in the 1880s created an artificial lake, Distress Pond, to hold water for log drives. The present concrete dam, built in 1955 by the Department of Public Works, mai

    Bridge over Marsh's Fall, on the Oxtongue River, Lake of Bays, Ontario. Winter 1951

    Bridge over Marsh's Falls on the Oxtongue River, Lake of Bays, Ontario. Spring 1951.

    The major obstacle to water navigation between Huntsville and the resorts on Lake of Bays was the portage between Peninsula Lake and Lake of Bays. Although only a distance of one mile separated the t

    The Big East River headwaters rise on the rugged western rim of the Algonquin Highland, adjacent to those of the Oxtongue River. Water pouring off the uninhabited hills quickly finds its way into sev

    The Muskoka Wood Manufacturing Co., was founded in 1901 by Robert James Hutcheson. Following his death in 1941 it was operated by his three sons, Frank, Harry and Arthur until it was sold in 1955. Th

    Log sawing contest near Huntsville, Ontario, 1966.

    Logs property of Muskoka Wood Producers Ltd., of Huntsville, Ontario.

    Muskoka Wood Products Ltd., Mill, on Hunter's Bay, Huntsville, Ontario, early 1950s.

    The Locks Mill was constructed in 1871 by John Fetterly who sold it to the Cottrill family in 1907. It closed in 1954 when part of the mill foundation collapsed. It was the longest operating waterpow

    Aerial view Hunter's Bay, Vernon Narrows, Vernon Lake,Huntsville,Ontario, 1983.

    View of Huntsville, Ontario taken from the Lookout Mountain,looking north. Fairy Avenue on the right. Church Street on the left. Kellock's greenhouses in the forefront on Church Street to the right.

    Henry Edward Hares (1837-1905) and Elizabeth Harvey Hares (1851-1932), settlers in Stephenson Township, Muskoka, Ontario.

    Horses and a walking plow with rough pole fences in background. This photograph was taken c1915 by Frank C. Paterson, Agricultural Representative for Muskoka Parry Sound Districts, 1915-1919.

    Captain George Hunt, an English army officer, born on the island of Corfu in the Mediterranean,came to Huntsville from Quebec in 1869, choosing lots 14 and 15 in the Township of Chaffey, on the east

    In the 1880s Mr. Jacob H. Johnson arrived in Huntsville full of enthusiasm for life in the north country. He began investing time and money in various worhtwhile projects, including the Portage Railw