History

Reference Material

We wish to thank the following publications and their authors for all the valuable information we have used in compiling this history:

  • Guide Book and Atlas of Muskoka and Parry Sound Districts (edited by U.E.Hamilton) Toronto, 1897
  • The Lake In The Hills strong Township and Sundridge 1875-1925, compiled by Patricia Lee and Edited by Alice May Robins, 1989
  • In Celebration of the Old Nipissing Road 1875-2000, by Helen Stewart
  • Almaguin a Highland History, Astrid Taim, 1998
  • Looking Back With The Magnetawan Women’s Institute, A Selection of Stories from their Tweedsmuir History (the members of the Magnetawan Woman’s Institute)
  • Magnetawan Legion Memorial Park Book Of Remembrance, (The Magnetawan Community Development Committee).
  • Up the Great North Road: The Story of an Ontario Colonization Road by Jon MacFie
  • Ghost Towns Of Ontario by Ron Brown
  • Steamboating In Muskoka by Richard Tatley
  • Magnetawan Photos and Food by The Magnetawan Agricultural Society (1987)
  • Magnetawan Today Photos and Recipes By The Magnetawan Agricultural Society (1997)
  • Parry Sound Logging Days by John MacFie (1987)
  • Then and Now Volume Two West Parry Sound Schools 1865 – 1981
  • The Free Grants Lands of Canada by Thos. MCMurray, J.P. Bracebridge Ontario Canada 1871-2002 Edition by Brad Hammond

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