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

98 Manitoba
Bracebridge, Ontario
P1L 2B5

Ontario Tourism Region : Muskoka, Parry Sound and Algonquin Park

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Pop. 11,856. In Dist. Mun. of Muskoka, on the Muskoka R., Hwy 11 & C. Rd. 117, 55 km. N of OrilIia.
. The townsite was discovered by John Bell in 1861. He named it North Falls, and when a mill was built the name was changed to North Mills.
In 1864 Bracebridge was named by secretary of the post office department William Dawson LeSeur, after the book, Bracebridge Hall, by Washington Irving.
Nearby Gravenhurst was also named after a place mentioned in the same book. One of Ontario's few remaining three-story octagonal houses, built in 1882 for mill owner Henry James Bird, now accommodates the Bracebridge Museum.
Since 1956, Santa's Village, an amusement park 6 km. S of town, has delighted youngsters of all ages. Bracebridge Fall Fair has been held since 1867.

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