Huntsville/Lake of Bays
A two-hour drive north of Toronto in the heart of cottage country, Huntsville is Muskoka’s northern town and the largest and fastest growing Municipality in Muskoka. Historic downtown Huntsville has over 120 shops, cafés and services with small-town appeal. The area has 144 lakes, the largest being the interconnecting Lakes of Vernon, Fairy, Mary and Peninsula. Lake of Bays Township is home to the towns of Dwight, Baysville, Hillside, and Dorset, all located on the shores of Lake of Bays
Muskoka Heritage Place
Home to Muskoka Pioneer Village and the Huntsville and Lake of Bays Railway, visitors enter through a turn-of-the-20th-century Muskoka museum to a 90-acre outdoor site including Cann Lake and nature trails. Witness life as it was in the late 1800s through recreated dwellings, a sawmill, a church, a blacksmith shop, a general store, an inn, gardens and farm animals. Also located here, The Village Station, home of the rail, steam and marine museum. A beautiful 1928 steam train, The Portage Flyer, transports riders back in time as they travel along the idyllic Muskoka River to the purser’s cabin and beach at Fairy Lake.
Minimum Required Time: 3-4 hours
