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Skijoring – behind dogs – has seen a resurgence in recent years. It must have been quite the experience behind a horse! Can you guess the date of this photo? Was it a sport you ever tried? (Photo: Muskoka Digital Archives.)
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A few readers thought this photo might be the old lodge at Deerhurst, but it’s actually Limberlost Lodge, a building that has since burned down. Here’s what some of you had to say about it:
Connie Spiers: This photo was taken on Lake Solitaire in front of Limberlost Lodge. This particular Lodge burned down and was replaced with a stone building which had only family and staff accommodations included. I remember seeing the “Snow Machiner” in photos there..
Dave Johns: Looks like a Fudge’s snow sedan. In the winter the logging companies would go out on the lakes and check the stands of trees. Muskoka Wood rented one from Middleton’s Transport. Neat looking vehicle.
Chuck McTague: That’s great! Interesting invention of a winter “Air-Boat”, the car body itself is a cool (warm?) idea. As to the surveying of stands of lumber, my Grandparents had ‘slabs’ from the lumber mills brought in to heat the central boiler, supplying heat to the cabins on site. Perhaps the lumber people used Limberlost as their winter Camp for the area? I looked over my collection of Limberlost photos and as near as I can tell the Lodge was rebuilt twice (re. fires) and always used the original stone foundation (and then expanding on it).
Cathy May wondered: What year would this “snow machine” picture have been taken? Curiosity killed the Cat-hy!
Cathy, that’s one question we don’t have the answer to. Doppler readers, can you help?
Yes, indeed, that is the original Lodge. It had a mezzanine and the rooms went off from it. You could look down from there and see the lounge. I was there with my parents visiting the Hills. Later when the Lodge was rebuilt I was often an overnight guest of my friend , Kerry Hill. Wonderful memories of the Hills.