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Since the 1980s, they are generally marketed in Canada as "Muskoka chairs", [5] [6] although the design did not originate in Muskoka. [7] [8] If you go only slightly North of Muskoka, however, they are more commonly referred to as 'Bear Chairs', from the Bear Chair Company [9] based in South River, Ontario, who began creating wooden DIY ...
Muskoka Lakes Museum is an independent non-profit community museum, focusing on the history of the Muskoka Lakes. [1] It is located in James Bartleman Island Park and accessed by footbridge from the village of Port Carling in the Township of Muskoka Lakes, District of Muskoka, in Ontario, Canada .
The government was eager to reinforce development in light of the faltering agricultural plan, and built the big locks in Port Carling in 1871. Cockburn's steamers had access to the entire lake system. Through the years he added more ships; when he died in 1905, his Muskoka Navigation Company was the largest of its kind in Canada. [16]
Muskoka Lakes Association ("MLA") was established in 1894 in what is now the District of Muskoka on Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's oldest continuously operating cottage association. The MLA represents cottagers' interests in a variety of manners designed to promote the responsible enjoyment and conservation of the lakes in Muskoka.
Steamboat Bay, south side of Port Carling. Port Carling is an unincorporated community in the Township of Muskoka Lakes in the Canadian province of Ontario. [1] It has been the municipal seat of the township since 1971. It has several hundred year-round residents and is a service centre for thousands of other seasonal residents in the area.
Steamboat Bay in Port Carling. The township is located on Canadian Shield and thus is marked with outcrops of igneous rock and evergreen trees. Although inland from both Lake Huron's Georgian Bay and Lake Simcoe, the township contains the Muskoka Lakes consisting of Lake Muskoka, Lake Rosseau and Lake Joseph, amongst many other smaller lakes.
In 1971, the town was amalgamated with other townships and municipalities to form the Township of Muskoka Lakes; the Chamber of Commerce office is in Bala; other civic functions are located in Port Carling. Bala was the location of the first detachment of Ontario Provincial Police in 1921.
Has anyone been able to find the patent number for the patent for the original westport chair? I have been searching and cannot find it. Would be good info for this page. Added Patent number and link to patent on Google Patent search -- —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.41.182.254 (talk • contribs)