Muskoka and Cottage Country : North of Toronto is an area known as Cottage Country or Muskoka which is centered around Lake Muskoka and a number of other popular lakes in the area. This area is about a three hour drive north of the city and home to upscale cottages lakeside resorts and marinas. Locals and foreigners flock to Cottage Country during the summer month particularly on weekends. The lakes are dotted with islands and surrounded by rocky shorelines and towering pine trees. There are number of small communities in Cottage Couny although the primary town is Gravenhurst located on the shores of Lake Muskoka. From here visitors can hop on hitorical steamships for a short cruise and tour f the lake.
Trent - Severn Waterway National Historic Site of Canada : The historic Trent-Severn Canal is a system of waterys linking Lake Ontario with Georgian Bayn Lake Huron. The canal winds its way through various rivers and lakes such as the Trent River and Lake Simcoe in the east of Ontario Province. the changing levels mean that it needs more than 40 locks including the worlds highest hoist built in 1905 at Peterborough covering a height of 20 meters. In the past the Canal was mainly used for carrying grain and timber but today the Trent - Severn Waterway is a part of Parks Canada and officially called the Trent- Severn Waterway National Hioric Site of Canada. It is used largely for tourism and recreational boaters. At some of the locks there are camping facilities and grassy areas for picnics.
Sainte- Marie Among the Hurons : The reconstruction of the mission ation of Sainte-Marie among the Hurons is about five kilometers east of Midland on the Wye River. It was founded by the Jesuits in 1639 and served as a mainstay for te years for Europeans in Wendat the land of the Huron. As time went bthere was constant conflict with the Hurons who were also decimated by diseases imported by the Europeans. Several Indian tribes fought each other and occasionally there were attacks by the lroquois in which not only Christians and Hurons but even European priests were killed. In 1649 the Jesuits abandoned their settlement and returne to Quebec.