Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The District Municipality of Muskoka, more generally referred to as the District of Muskoka or Muskoka, is a regional municipality in Central Ontario, Canada.It extends from Georgian Bay in the west, to the northern tip of Lake Couchiching in the south, to the western border of Algonquin Provincial Park in the east.
Moody's Investors Service ("Moody's") has completed a periodic review of the ratings of Muskoka, District Municipality of and other ratings that are associated with the same analytical unit. The ...
Abbreviations of political parties [1] used in these tables: . All – Ontario Alliance CCP – Canadians' Choice Party Comm. – Communist Party of Canada (Ontario) Consen. – Consensus On
The Muskoka District Council, is made up of a 23 member council which includes the mayors of its six municipalities, three councillors each from Bracebridge, Gravenhurst, Huntsville and Muskoka Lakes, two each from Lake of Bays and Georgian Bay, plus a District Chair which is elected by council following the election.
Local newspapers include Bracebridge Examiner, District Weekender, Muskoka Sun and Muskoka Advance. The first newspaper in Bracebridge was the Northern Advocate begun in 1870 by Thomas McMurray. It was joined in 1872 by the Free Grant Gazette owned by E.F. Stephenson.
Parry Sound—Muskoka is a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of Ontario. The riding was once held by Ontario Premier Ernie Eves, and, by Norm Miller, son of former Premier Frank Miller. The district, which has existed since 1999, has identical boundaries to those of the federal district of Parry Sound-Muskoka.
It is known as the Cranberry Capital of Ontario, as the province's largest cranberry farms, Muskoka Lakes Farm and Winery (formerly Johnston's Cranberry Marsh) and the former Iroquois Cranberry Growers (closed in 2017), are located nearby. It was once the smallest incorporated town in Canada until it was amalgamated into Muskoka Lakes Township.
Lake Muskoka is located between Port Carling and Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada.The lake is surrounded by many cottages.The lake is primarily within the boundary of the Township of Muskoka Lakes, the southeast corner is within the boundary of the Town of Gravenhurst, and another small portion around the mouth of the Muskoka River is within the boundary of the Town of Bracebridge.