Rural Routes Ontario - Town of Gravenhurst (Lower Tier Muskoka)

101 Muskoka Rd. N.
Gravenhurst, Ontario
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Ontario Tourism Region : Muskoka, Parry Sound and Algonquin Park

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Pop. 9,060. In Dist. Mun. of Muskoka at the S end of L. Muskoka on C. Rds. 17 & 169, 18 km S of Bracebridge.
Explorers passed through the area in 1826, but there was little settlement until completion of the Muskoka Rd. in 1858-1859. The town is nicknamed 'Gateway to Muskoka.'
James McCabe, who built a tavern at the site in 1859, is considered to be the first settler. Lumber-ing was the major industry, and by the 1870s there were 17 mills and the settlement was nicknamed Sawdust City
The place was variously known as McCabe's Landing, McCabe's Mills, and McCabe's Bay, but when the post office opened in 1862 postmaster James McCabe selected the name Gravenhurst from the book 'Bracebridge Hall' by Washington Irving.
In 1864 the postmaster-general of Canada referred to the same book to name nearby Bracebridge.
Dr. Norman Bethune, remembered for his heroic work in Spain and China as a field surgeon and medical educator, was born in the manse of Knox Presbyterian Church in 1890.
Today the home is a museum and a shrine of sorts for Chinese visitors to Canada.
The R.M.S. Segwun, last of a fleet of steam-powered ships that once provided transportation through the Muskoka Lakes, still operates in summer out of Gravenhurst. The ship was built in Scotland and reassembled in Gravenhurst in 1887.

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Off the beaten track:	Jevins, 4km Kahshe Lake, 4km Klueys Bay, 4km Muskoka, 6km Sparrow Lake, 6km Sopher's Landing, 5km Muldrew Lake, 6km Severn Bridge, 10km Reay, 10km West Gravenhurst, 9km Muskoka Beach, 11km Port Stanton, 10km Hamlet, 11km Morrison Lake, 9km Washago, 13km Morrison Landing, 10km Kilty Switch, 14km	Houseys Rapids, 10km Coopers Falls, 12km Muskoka Falls, 15km Riley Lake, 11km Stephens Bay, 15km Black Bridge, 14km Germania, 13km Hawkins Corners, 16km Browning Island, 16km Scarlet Park, 16km Floral Park, 17km Alport, 17km St. Elmo, Bracebridge area, 17km Hydro Glen, 13km Barkway, 13km Southwood, 14km Buena Vista Park, 18km	Glen Echo, 16km Golden Beach, 19km Bangor Lodge, 20km Maple Valley, Orillia area, 18km Matthiasville, 18km Walkers Point, 19km Cedar Village, 21km Amigo Beach, 21km Ardtrea, 21km Longford, 21km Woodward, 16km Menoke Beach, 21km Uffington, 18km Geneva Park, 22km Roxbourgh, 21km Swift Rapids, 16km
Nearby Lakes:	Cornall Lake, 3km Jevins Lake, 4km Silver Lake, 4km Gull Lake, 5km Sunny Lake, 6km Little Sunny Lake, 5km Sparrow Lake, 7km Kahshe Lake, 6km Three Mile Lake, 6km Doe Lake, 7km Moose Lake, 6km Bailey Lake, 9km South Muldrew Lake, 7km Fawn Lake, 8km Buck Lake, 8km Muldrew Lakes, 9km North Muldrew Lake, 9km	Reay Lake, 11km Loon Lake, 9km Middle Muldrew Lake, 9km Morrison Lake, 9km Lamorie Lake, 9km Clearwater Lake, 10km Beaver Lake, 11km Grass Lake, 12km Paul's Lake, 12km Wright's Lake, 13km Turtle Lake, 10km Round Lake, 11km Jerita Lake, 10km Buck Lake, 12km Lower Eagle Lake, 10km Little Lake, 11km Bass Lake, 10km	Cull Lake, 12km Pine Lake, 12km Upper Eagle Lake, 11km Ben Lake, 11km Lake St. George, 15km Spence Lake, 15km Weismuller Lake, 13km Deer Lake, 14km Eastern Lake, 13km Lower Eastern Lake, 13km Alport Lake, 17km Riley Lake, 13km Pence Lake, 13km Bearpaw Lake, 14km Spence Lake, 13km Pigeon Lake, 16km

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