Recreation and Sport are an integral part of Canadian culture.
In other words, what they did for exercise and fun.....
The main focus of this local History is on how people in the past used Recreation and Sport to enhance their lives.
This book surveys the attempts of all of Muskoka\'s residents and visitors to enjoy the recreational opportunities the region provided.
They became the permanent population base and set about developing their own recreations and sporting organizations.
Also beginning in the 1860s, Free Land Grant recipients ventured to the area to take land and attempt to farm it.
Others built their own recreational retreats or cottages.
Many vacationed at one of the ever expanding selection of Muskoka resorts.
They came to fish, hunt, canoe, sail, swim, hike and explore.
Beginning in the 1860s, people from more populated areas of Southern Ontario and the North Eastern United States flocked to Muskoka to enjoy nature\'s bounty.
This is nowhere more evident than in the Muskoka District of Ontario.
Recreation and Sport are an integral part of Canadian culture
