Explore Muskoka

Explore Muskoka
$19.95
by Susan Pryke

Explore Muskoka pinpoints locations across the District which author Susan Pryke finds “interesting, intriguing, or beautiful.” For this variety-pack of locales to explore, the book’s maps are essential. Tours are split into manageable blocks because “there’s so much to see and do.”

Grace & Speed

Grace & Speed
$34.95
by Andrew Wagner-Chazalon

Painter Doug Dunford has devoted many years to capturing on canvas the wooden runabouts of Ontario’s
Muskoka region. This volume contains some of his finest work and the magic that can happen when a skilled painter is moved by the work of skilled boatbui

Gravenhurst

Early Days, Early Ways

Gravenhurst
$29.99
by Cecil Porter

Known as “The Gateway to Muskoka,” the town of Gravenhurst’s history is replete with larger-than-life personalities, bold initiatives, major setbacks, and all the usual charms and activities of  Muskoka District’s vacation economy. This richly illustrated book with dozens of heritage photographs includes local historian Cecil Porter’s charmingly recounted episodes of community development from rawest pioneer times to the devastating fire that destroyed the town’s building, but not its spirit, in 1887.

 

Grey Owl and Me

Stories From the Trail and Beyond

Grey Owl and Me
$26.99
by Hap Wilson, Ingrid Zschogner

The 1930s Englishman who became Canada's aboriginal conservationist "Grey Owl" inspired naturalist writer Hap Wilson to follow his own meandering path into the wild. The result is this acount of bizarre and sublime adventures along the trail.

Hardscrabble

The High Cost of Free Land

Hardscrabble
$22.99
by Donna E. Williams

The District of Muskoka, today celebrated as a vacation paradise, began as a sort of hell for many would-be farmers who arrived to claim its "free land". This is the true story of one special chapter in that dramatic saga.

Hope Restored

My Life and Views on Canada, the U.S., the World & the Universe

Hope Restored
$29.95
by Paul Hellyer

This easy reading autobiography by one of Canada’s most engaged political leaders is a welcome key to understanding the man and the nature of public affairs that impact us all. It even clarifies how Hellyer could simultaneously be an Ottawa cabinet minister and Muskoka resort operator.

Huntsville

With Spirit and Resolve

Huntsville
$29.95
by Susan Pryke

Huntsville never had an easy time during its formative decades. Founded in the 1860s amid the picturesque lakes and rolling wooded hills of northeastern Muskoka, the hamlet struggled in competition with nearby settlements.

Life on the Edge (DVD)

Stories From Muskoka's Past

Life on the Edge (DVD)
$19.95
by The Ontario Visual Heritage Project

The story of Muskoka is one strongly tied to the environment. For centuries, the granite that lies beneath its surface has shaped life on the edge of the Canadian shield. This is the story of those seeking opportunity just beyond the familiar.

Local Library, Global Passport

The Evolution of a Carnegie Library (HARDCOVER)

Local Library, Global Passport
$34.95
Softcover:

by J. Patrick Boyer

This story of one Canadian town’s library reveals universal patterns in love for reading and battles for books as librarians, politicians, architects, educators, philanthropists and avid book readers mix it up for more than a century.

MacGregor’s Curse

MacGregor’s Curse
$20.00
by Wendy B. Truscott

This work of Muskoka historical fiction by Wendy Truscott follows a young man’s path of emotions through pioneer society to his revenge-seeking act and its consequences.

Memories of Magical Waters

Memories of Magical Waters
$26.95
by Gord Deval

This book contains a richness of memories of sport fisherman Gord Deval's experiences on hundreds of streams, rivers, and lakes in Ontario and Quebec.

Muskoka / Ontario’s Playground

A History of Recreation & Sport in Ontario’s Cottage Country, 1860-1945

Muskoka / Ontario’s Playground
$23.95
by Ray Love

This book surveys how Muskoka residents and visitors enjoyed the District’s recreational opportunities by focusing “on how people in the past used recreation and sport to enhance their lives.”

 

Muskoka Falls: The Village, 1859-2018

Muskoka Falls: The Village, 1859-2018
$25.00
by Patricia Stott-Prince

In earliest days of Muskoka colonization, the District’s most central place was also its most spectacularly beautiful. Two colonization roads intersected here, just where Muskoka’s most dramatic waterfall plunged a hundred feet down a rock faced chasm.

Muskoka Sings

Poems

Muskoka Sings
$19.95
by Sylvia DuVernet

The people, places, and events of Muskoka District moved poet Sylvia DuVernet to lyrical expression. The songs she fashioned as poetry came from Muskoka itself, and are preserved for posterity in this treasured volume of her work.

Muskoka Steamships

A Photographic Portrait

Muskoka Steamships
$6.95
by John McQuarrie

Photographer John McQuarrie delivers a vivid portrait of Muskoka's steamboat history and its present-day reality. This book can be gift, souvenir, or education through imagery.