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Brown plaque № 53271

Huntsville, ON, Canada

Huntsville Swing Bridge The first swing bridge across the Muskoka River in Huntsville was a wooden structure built in 1871. It was replaced with a wooden swing bridge in 1889 to allow lake streamers and other traffic to travel through Huntsville to Mary, Fairy and Peninsula Lakes. A steel swing brid

ge followed in 1902. Three years later, in 1905, the portage Flyer Railway was completed between Peninsula Lake and Lake of Bays. People and freight were then able to travel by steamer and train to La

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