\ riiuiiiii K E ERIE So' Lonsitude U'csl 79° IKA LAKES. nerican visitors who visit Toronto and beauty of the Musi<oi<a lakes, they would delightful region. The same is true of t disparaging other summer resorts, the ig the most beautiful scenes in a country ^•er, the Thousand Islands, the Georgian ce. We have no personal interest in this specially interested in it ; but we speak [lis region of health and beauty when we )tch lakes excel these, one to Muskoka we have had with us • first visit ; and, without exception, they Queen of Sheba, ' the half was not told 3 who are overworked and suffering from t the Muskoka lakes offer the greatest sanitarium. They present a remarkable It is a spacious region that it would re- :rowd. We saw on the train leaving ivhen there was no special excursion, four at the space there is so ample that those sitors. The shores of Lakes Muskoka, Muskoka Hunting Pari •■'1 iriiiitedi^fai^n (levant hutel and a bailiiiiK beach iinexcelli'<'l on inland lakes. Uitt'rson, Ti miles from HracehridKe, is next reached, and within easy access is Mary I.akf, one of the kgims ot Muskoka Hiintsville and Katrine, fmtiier on, to pleasure, sport or nature hold a key. Katrine is also the junction point (roni which the Ma^netawan river chain is easily accessible, and four miles beyond is Hurk's Falls, where steamers of the Muskoka A Georgian Hay Navigation Co. cm be taken. SundridKe, South River and Callander, all splendid fishing poinis, are next passed, and North Hay is reached on Lake Nipissing. From lure the points of interest adjacent are easily accessible by boat or wagon, and to enumerate them would be an endless task. Suffice it to say that the sun does not shine on a more jierfect combination of fun, hard work, fish, game and scenic pleasures than this diversified region has to offer, and all reached by the OraiKl Trunk KailwHy. AT HUKK'S FAIX8 the Steamer' Lake Aliinic. Wciioiiah " for MaKnetawan anil LAKE OF HAYS Stage from IlracebriilK*' to llayHvlUf, connecting with Steamer "Mary l.ouisf." Also train to Hunlsville, thence by steamers on Lakes Fairy, I'eninsula and Lake of Hays. Here are to be foimd Deer, Heaver Bear, Otter and Wild Geese and Ducks in abundance. Hunting Parties will not be disappointed. 14 Commencins Saturday, JUNE 20th, '95 The '• Muskoka" (or other Bteanicr) connecting with the Atlantic and i'acitic I'xprcss will leave Gravenhiirst (Town WharOdaily (except Sunday) at 6.45 a.m., and Muskoka Wharf at 7 a.m. as follows: On Mondays, Wednesdays and I'rulays to Kosseau (breakfast on boardl and intermediate places. On Tuesdays, 1 liurs- divs an<l Saturdays to Port Cockburn and intermediate places, coniiectiiiK at Heau- maris with the " keno/ha" for Hala, Hracebridge, etc., and with the •' NipissinK " lud " Medora" to all other points on the Lakes. Calls will be made at Walker s Point and Point Kaye on the morninKS of Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. 81'KCIAt..— The "Oiiole" will be available to supplement above arratiKe- mcnts with extra trips to and from Hala and other points for the accomniodalioiij ot visitors from all points. ' AT MUSKOKA WHARF the line Steamers of the Muskoka Georgian Hay Navigation Co., viz.. the " M«Mlor»," " NlplssIiiK," "K« ozha," " MuHkokii " and " Oriole," can be taken for Bracobrldge, KcaiimariM, Mala, Pt. Carling. Pt. SaiKlflt^Id, WImleriner*', Rosseau and Pt. Cockburn. 15 *Kock JUStewarton \ \ ^^ico " StrucUHvlllc\\ ^^Pd/ O'JONTO ■%j \ -A o/<H A ^|Stewart6r(^ GaEtH*H\ \*^v ^.^ *'•/>, Or, »'* OJc. \ L \T MlltonV- Slrctl-svllloN -% ■'//,. \ ^Of, ONTO PT.COCKBURN tatv ms aga |gR.ra ^ ^J TSvansviUe'. v^. THE BEAUTIFUL LAKES OF MUSKOKA. ONE of the writers of Saturday Night, who was lucky enough to choose, for his two weeks' holiday last summer, a visit to the beautiful lakes of Muskoka, thus speaks of his brief sojourn there : ' • Kind circumstances enabled me to get away for a fortnight and sensible friends advised me to spend my holidays among the islands and on the lakes of Muskoka. The Grand Trunk Railway cannot, to my notion, receive anything but praise for the way in which it has sought to develop the summer resort business of Muskoka. The train and boat service from the Union Station at Toronto right up to Port Cock- burn at the head of Lake Joseph, or to Rosseau at the head of Lake Rosseau, is uniformly excellent. I have spent vaca- tions at some of the American fashionable resorts, where the prices are higher than the mountains and more thrillingly unique than anything in the landscape ; at Mackinac, and Petosky Harbor Springs on Lake Michigan, where hay-fever Good Railway and Steamboat Service HEALTH ECONOMY COMFORT and ACCESSIBILITY ARE THE STRONG POINTS IN FAVOR OF n uskoka Lakes Resorts HE term Muskoka Lakes refers chiefly to the three fair sister lakes, Muskoka, Rosseau and Joseph. The • sinuous shores of these three lakes form a coast line of hundreds of miles, with some four hundred beautiful islands studded with considerable regularity, thus affording adequate protection and shelter for the frailest canoe or row-boat. The lakes are traversed in all directions by the comfortable steamers of our Muskoka and Georgian Bay Navigation Company. Upwards of thirty-five hotels and boarding houses are regularly distributed along the lakes, and are quite accessible for the twice-daily steamers. THE LATE SIR JOHN THOMPSON AND PARTY Rosseau and Joseph are made beautiful with cottages, but there is room for thousands more without the slightest crowding. The special features of the Muskoka lakes are the pure air of an elevated, rocky country— the remarkable clearness of the waters, which reflect the form and color of every island and tree with singular vividness — the unlimited facilities for boating and bathing— the absence of lime in the water— the picturesque, varying beauty of the scenery, arresting attention and diverting one's thoughts from the things that occupy them in the daily toil of hand and brain — the short ilistance from the cities, and the moderate prices for board — all make it a most desirable place in which to spend a summer vacation. But those who cannot stay any length of time will find the sight of these beautiful lakes well worth a visit." The number of tourists who went to .Muskoka last summer is larger than that of any preceding year. A large number of the visitors are Americans, and these are increasing in number from year to year. The Grand Trunk, which controls the railway approach to Muskoka, attributed the great expansion of business last year to its special advertising of the district. Thousands of Muskoka folders were distributed throughout the States, principally New York, Penn- sylvania and Ohio, and the result has been highly satisfactory. The traffic on the Richelieu & Ontario steamers last year was largely in excess of what it has been in recent years. It is said a couple of new patients come to sneeze away the glad and joyous summer season ; at other places where mosquitoes are so numerous and enormous that many of them weigh a pound— and it takes a good many — but on so much of the green earth as I have visited, nowhere have I found the delights held so cheap as in the Muskoka Lake region. "The Grand Trunk train runs right to the wharf at Gravenhurst, and there the steamer Mcdora awaits to take tourists up to the head of Lake Joseph, and the st eamer Wifissiug stands prettily impatient for a run to the heaa oi Lake Rosseau. These boats are officered by obliging mtn, and as I made both trips I tested the comfort of each vessel. Dodging about among innumerable islands on one of the boats is truly delightful. Until a little canal was sunk at I'nit Samlfiall] tniirists seklom 1 )o^ing about among innumerable iamTTd.s onoRe of the Lon^tude Greenwich # R rand T runk R ii6<^\i\n Ulrujuuilju 1^ f! ^^ X H ■■■. me. L' 1 lAike } Uuukluiilm>>