Northern Area WI Tweedsmuir Community History, 2003-11, [1921] - [2015], page 4

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gee 5 & * . hi “‘»' ¢ i OB 9 t 3 e Muskoka Trivia @ k : h _ Authors whom cottaged on Threeâ€"Mileâ€"Lake, Muskoka: 4 Jean Little _ (Mine for Keeps and Home from Afar) | e ‘ ' Robert Munch â€"I‘ll Love You Forever e C i 3. Movies filmed in this area: $ 2 G / Anne of Green Gables, (Meagan Follows) i 2 Long Kiss Goodnight, (Gena Davis, Samuel L. Jackson) x Switching Channels, (Kathleen Turner, Christopher Reeves & o ¢ Burt Reynolds PA is 3. Nobel Prize winner whom cottaged in this area: George Stigler 4 for economics 1982 (worked on this at the cottage). 'f hss 4 4. Recipients of the Order of Canada: â€" i Viola MacMillan (born and raised in Muskoka) |Moe"" Lloyd Dennisâ€"(grew up here in Muskoka) We Ted Rogers â€"(cottager) \ 3 : 5; Three Lieutenant Governors of Ontario whom cottaged or grew up here. $ \e The Hon Albert Matthewsâ€"1937â€"1946 â€" cottager m P The Hon John Black Aird â€"1980â€"1985 â€" cottager p The Hon James Bartleman â€"2002â€"2007â€" grew up here d + x 6. Numerous hockey players cottaging in this area. Euk e.g. Steve Yzerman, Eric & Brett Lindros, Frank Mahovolich, to name the few. ‘ f £2 W.W.1 , Billy Bishop, operated the first airplane service from Torontoâ€" Caw Muskoka C £ 8. Venison when served to lodge guests was known as MUSKOKA LAMB . '? ho 5 9: Skeleton Lake is known as the fourth largest lake in Muskoka. o Ni _ * 10. _ Muskoka spans 2500 square miles (6475 km). Muskoka has some 1600 ts " * lakes. _ Muskoka has just over 50,000 permanent residents with an \eiy & additional 100,000 Seasonal property owners. 4j e f The Windermere Area Archive webpage is: %§ o s t www.windermerearea.ca ... t w i Tweedsmuir documents may be viewed at this website _____ ”% 3

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