Wayback Wednesday, sponsored by Jamie Lockwood, broker/owner of Sutton Group Muskoka Realty, with family roots of more than 100 years in Huntsville
Photo: Memorial Park, Huntsville, Ontario. Swimming and camping facilities at the mouth of the Muskoka River and Fairy Lake at the base of Lookout Mountain. Photo from a private collection on Muskoka Digital Archives.
Charles E. Paget spearheaded a fundraising effort in the spring of 1922 to purchase the property for a new park, which opened July 2, 1923, as a memorial to the men who had died in the Great War. In 1923, the council formed a parks commission to look after the park under the chairmanship of Charles E. Paget. In 1924, the parks commission purchased the point at the north of the river with a view to establishing a safe bathing beach and a scenic driveway along the river. In 1925, a road was constructed, a new kitchen was built, and campsites were established for motorists. In 1926, a lookout was opened on the mountain. By July 1929, six furnished cabins had been added to the park, and the navigation company had erected a new dock.
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