Muskoka's Grand Hotels
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Muskoka's Grand HotelsEntry/Object ID
2022.45.01Tags
Muskoka, Ontario, District of MuskokaScope and Content
Book discussing the history of tourism in the Muskoka, Ontario area as well as the history of the development of hotels and resorts.Context
The book provides historical context and background to explain the development of the tourism industry in the Muskoka region. It also showcases the development of resorts and hotels: naming each, providing photographs, and also a history. The book is broken down into 9 chapters. Each chapter discusses different resorts and hotels. They are as follows: Chapter 1. The Beginnings of Tourism: Alexander Peter Cockburn, W. H. Pratt and Rosseau House, Summit House Chapter 2. Resorts of the 1880s: Port Carling House, Vanderburgh House, Stratton House, Ferndale House, Monteith House, Maplehurst Hotel, Rossmoyne Inn Hotel, Prospect House, Beaumaris Hotel, Milford Bay House, Hutton House, Bala Falls Hotel, Clevelands House, Oaklands Park, Cloverport House, Windermere House, Fife House, Craigie Lea House, Stanley House, Robinson House Chapter 3. Resorts of the 1890s: Wingberry House, Brighton Beach Hotel, Bayview House, Woodington House, Balmoral House, Morinus House, Ernescliffe House, Maple Leaf House/The Baldwins, Rostrevor Restort, Hamil's Hotel, Elgin House Chapter 4. Resorts of the Early 1900s: Minnewaska House, The Gravenhurst Cottage Sanatorium, Pine Dale Inn, Glen Echo Lodge, Walker House, Roseneath Inn, Cedar Wild/Milford Manor, Scarcliff House, Rossclair Hotel, Pleasant View Hotel, The American House, Popular Point House, New Windsor Hotel, Swastika Hotel/Bala Bay Inn, Roselawn Lodge, Bala Resorts, Endiang, Havington Farm, Kawandag King's Park, Wigwassan Lodge, Glenbburnie House, Rest Harbour, The Bluff, Cheltonia House, Thorel House, Nepahwin-Gregory Inn, Shottery and Shardlow, Pinelands Lodge, Belmont house, Edgewood, Carlingford House, Stanley Brae, Barnesdale House, Gordon Bay House, Island View Hotel, Royal Muskoka Hotel Chapter 5. Life at the Resorts: Toronto, July 1899; Supply Boats, Resort Life, Staffing the Grand Hotels Chapter 6. The Resorts of North Muskoka: Gouldie House, Hotel La Portage, Port Cunnington Lodge, Deerhurst Inn, Spring Field Farm, Ronville Lodge, Nor Loch Lodge, Pine Grove Inn, Logging Chain Lodge, Pint Ideal Lodge, Garryowen Lodge, Birkendale House, The Hemlocks, Sea Breeze House, Hotels at Dorset, Hotels at Baysville, Britannia Hotel, The WaWa Hotel, Grandview Lodge, Glenmount Point Lodge, Ceader Grove Lodge, Tally-Ho Inn, Hidden Valley Resort Hotel, Grand View Inn, the Hotels of Huntsville, Port Sydney Hotels, The Grunwald Hotel, Muskoka Lodge, Pine Lodge, The Clyffe House, Gryffin Lodge, Royal Oak Lodge, The Norseman Inn, Limberlost Lodge, Interlaken, Oxbow Lodge, Camp Billie Bear, Divine Lake Lodge Chapter 7. The Overflow from Muskoka: Resorts on Sparrow Lake, Kashe Lake Resorts, Resorts on the Magnetawan, Algonquin Park Hotels, Highland Inn Hotel, Mowat Lodge, The Algonquin Hotel, Resorts on Georgian Bay, The Penetanguishene, The Royal Hotel, The Georgian Hotel, The Victoria Hotel, Delawana Inn, Rawley Lodge, Arrowood Lodge, The Minnecoganashene Hotel, The Franceville Hotel, The Belvidere Hotel, The Rosepoint Hotel, The Ojibway Hotel, The Belleview Hotel Chapter 8. The Resorts of the Twenties and Thirties: Muskoka Beach Inn/Muskoka Sands Inn, Bangor Lodge, Patterson-Kayne Lodge, Shamrock Lodge, Cherokee Lodge, Sherwood Inn, Glen Holme Hotel Chapter 9. The Modern Scene: Holiday House Inn, Aston Resort, Tamwood Lodge, Elmhurst Lodge, Canadiana Lodge, Lakeside Lodge, The Redwood Hotel, The Northernaire Hotel, The Lake Joseph Hotel, Rocky Crest Resort, The Grand Hotels Today, The End of an EraCollection
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