27-652: Woodington may refer to: Woodington, Ontario , a community in Muskoka Lakes, Ontario, Canada Woodington, Hampshire , a United Kingdom location Woodington, North Carolina , a township in Lenoir County, North Carolina , United States Woodington, Ohio , an unincorporated community in Ohio, United States People with the surname [ edit ] William F. Woodington , English painter and sculptor Topics referred to by
54-460: Is Muskoka's oldest brick hotel. The original tin ceiling and mahogany staircase still grace the front lobby. Since 1942, under various management and names, the community and the surrounding area was offered live musical entertainment. In the 1940s and '50s, Big Bands like Mart Kenney , Cab Calloway , Tommy Dorsey , Jimmy Dorsey , Glenn Miller , Duke Ellington , Count Basie , Woody Herman and Louis Armstrong played at Dunn's Pavilion. Since
81-550: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Woodington, Ontario The Township of Muskoka Lakes is a municipality of the District Municipality of Muskoka , Ontario , Canada. It has a year-round population of 7,652. The municipal offices are located in Port Carling . The area now covered by the township was opened for settlement and organized in 1870 into
108-577: The Anne of Green Gables books, visited Bala in 1922. The area made a sufficient impression on her that she based the novel The Blue Castle on the area, her only novel not set in Prince Edward Island . Based on the connection to a beloved Canadian author, Bala's Museum , a privately run museum featuring Montgomery, was opened in the 1990s. Bala hosts the Bala Cranberry Festival annually on
135-412: The 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Muskoka Lakes had a population of 7,652 living in 3,529 of its 9,443 total private dwellings, a change of 16.2% from its 2016 population of 6,588 . With a land area of 774.46 km (299.02 sq mi), it had a population density of 9.9/km (25.6/sq mi) in 2021. Timber was initially the greatest economic attraction for
162-525: The Canadian Shield , it proved unsuitable for farming, and its fortunes declined as logging became less economically viable. Railway connections helped to re-establish the village as a popular location for summer resorts. In 1914, the town incorporated with Burgess's son as the first mayor, making it the smallest incorporated town in Canada. Located at the west end of Lake Muskoka, at the foot of Bala Bay,
189-404: The 1960s, rock musicians like David Wilcox , Kim Mitchell , The Ramones , April Wine , Burton Cummings and Jeff Healey played at The KEE to Bala . More recently, bands such as Metric , Sum 41 , The Tragically Hip , The Sam Roberts Band , Hinder , Finger Eleven , Three Days Grace , Sloan , Tim Hicks , Hedley and Theory of a Deadman have graced the stage at The KEE to Bala . In
216-467: The 1980s, Bala and Port Carling were also featured in a skit by The Frantics on Boot to the Head . In the skit, a man on his way to Bala bores his companion to distraction in part by endlessly enumerating the communities' features. Most recently Bala is home to The New Actor's Colony professional Theatre company who perform seasonally in the summer in the local curling rink. Lucy Maud Montgomery , author of
243-572: The Norma and Miller Alloway Muskoka Lakes Library main branch in the town of Port Carling , and three small branches housed in the community centres of Bala , Milford Bay, and Walker's Point. Bala, Ontario Bala is a compact rural community in the township municipality of Muskoka Lakes , District Municipality of Muskoka in Central Ontario , Canada. It is well-known for the Bala Falls,
270-555: The North Falls was created in the 1880s to power a sawmill and later reused as the water intake channel for a hydroelectric station built in 1917. The station, operated by the Bala Electric Light and Power Company to supply electricity as far as MacTier and Port Carling was retired in 1957 but then returned to active use as a small remotely-operated station in the 1990s. It remains in use today. A second station operated between
297-449: The North and South Falls from 1924 to 1957 but was later demolished because it was uneconomical. A new generating station is being built at the site, a project that caused much local controversy. Bala was well connected and once was connected only to other Muskoka communities via the steamship lines that plied the Muskoka Lakes. The Cherokee, Islander and Segwun were frequently seen at
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#1732852641476324-600: 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. A small modern station remains just north of the main part of town (run by the Bracebridge detachment part-time). The Canada Post Post Office has been relocated to share space with
351-729: The communities of Bala , Bala Park, Bardsville, Barlochan, Beaumaris , Baysville, Bear Cave, Beatrice, Bent River, Brackenrig, Cedar Village, Dee Bank, Dixon's Corners, Dudley, Duffy, Echo Beach, Ferndale, Foot's Bay, Glen Orchard, Gregory, Gull Rock, Hekkla, Inverness Lodge, Juddhaven, Mendora, Milford Bay, Minett, Morinus, Mortimers Point, Park Beach, Port Carling , Port Keewaydin, Port Sandfield , Raymond, Redwood, Roderick, Rossclair, Rosseau Falls, Rostrevor, Shannon Hall, Sunset Beach, Thorel House, Tomelin Bluffs, Torrance, Ufford, Ullswater, Valley Green Beach, Walkers Point, Willow Beach, Whiteside, Windermere , Woodington, Woodward Station and Ziska. In
378-680: The dock below the CPR station, and the Ahmic was based on the other side of Bala Bay in Torrance . Steamships have been unable to visit Bala since 1964, when the swing bridge at Bala Park Island was sealed shut. A portion of the former steamer dock remains, maintained for many decades by the MNR and today by the Township of Muskoka Lakes. In 1907 the Canadian Pacific Railway opened a prominent "summer" station at
405-443: The following geographic (and sometime municipal) townships of Watt, Cardwell, Humphrey, Christie, Medora and Wood. In 1971, the current municipal structure took hold when Cardwell Township, Watt Township, Medora and Wood Townships, Bala , Port Carling , Windermere and part of Monck Township were merged. Muskoka is governed by an elected Town Council consisting of a Mayor, District Councillors and Councillors representing each of
432-473: The former Iroquois Cranberry Growers (closed in 2017), are located nearby. It was once the smallest incorporated town in Canada until it was amalgamated into Muskoka Lakes Township. Bala was settled by Thomas Burgess in 1868. Thomas Burgess opened a sawmill and store to serve the area's scattered settlers. Thomas Burgess named it after the town of Bala in Wales with which it is officially twinned. Located on
459-404: The harbour, complete with freight elevator (a "winter" station was located a half-mile north). There was also a seasonal Grand Trunk Railway (later CN ) station across the bay on Bala Park Island. In 1927, six CPR train routes each way served Bala, four on a daily basis. With the influx of many American cottagers, Bala even became a Customs Port of Entry. The Bala Weekend trains continued to serve
486-513: The highway to avoid the original Musquosh Road bridge and single-lane rail underpass at the South Falls, but that also had the effect of removing traffic from Bala's former main street south of the Falls, severely impacting businesses on that section and concentrating commercial activity along the highway north of the Falls. In 1971, the town was amalgamated with other townships and municipalities to form
513-533: The police station. Until changes in transportation and development led to most seasonal visitors staying in private cottages, Bala offered summer lodging at a large number of tourist resorts over the decades. For example, Windsor Park is on the site of the former Windsor Hotel. Located on River Street were Bala Cozy Cabins and Roselawn Lodge. The Bala Bay Inn (formerly the Swastika Inn until a postwar name change) remained as an active hotel until 2016. Built in 1910, it
540-608: The prominent geographical feature of the town are the many bare outcroppings of the Canadian Shield . Carved out of the Shield is Bala Falls, the only outlet for Lake Muskoka. That allows water to empty from the Muskoka River watershed into the Moon River and eventually Georgian Bay ; however, the falls were at a low elevation and for many years the water levels of Lake Muskoka were known to fluctuate eight or nine feet every season, between
567-469: The region. The soil is poor and rocky and consequently is not especially suited to agriculture . As the resource industries dried up, the area soon embraced tourism as its economic base because of its proximity to Toronto and the rest of Southern Ontario . For many Ontarians, this is the centre of cottage country . The Muskoka Lakes Township Public Libraries offers research, literature, and cultural resources to local residents. The libraries consist of
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621-595: The source of the Moon River , which flows from Lake Muskoka to the Georgian Bay. It is considered one of the hubs of cottage country located north of Toronto . Thus, its year-round population of several hundred is increased by thousands of seasonal residents and weekend day-trippers during summer months. It is known as the Cranberry Capital of Ontario, as the province's largest cranberry farms, Muskoka Lakes Farm and Winery (formerly Johnston's Cranberry Marsh) and
648-444: The spring runoffs and the late fall. That led to many navigation problems both for the timber industry and the settlers. In 1873, a control dam was built at the Bala Falls, which still exists in an upgraded form and is known as the North Falls. However, the dam worked too well and led to flooding, which forced the construction soon after of a large flood control dam and channel, known today as the South Falls. A further channel north of
675-453: The tourists until 1963, when the station was demolished. The settlement-era Musquosh Road from Gravenhurst arrived in the 1880s and fed further development after the heyday of the railways as the route was eventually upgraded from a rough trail into first the Rama Road, then the provincial Highway 69 (later renumbered to Highway 169, then to Muskoka Road 169 ). A postwar bypass was created for
702-687: The town's three wards . In addition, three Regional Councillors each represent a ward each. The Mayor and Councillors sit on the Muskoka County Council. 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. Protected areas in Muskoka Lakes include Hardy Lake Provincial Park and Torrance Barrens Conservation Area. The township contains
729-518: The weekend after Canadian Thanksgiving, attracting thousands of people to the town. Bala is home to Muskoka Lakes Winery, the Muskoka region's only winery, which specializes in cranberry and other fruit wines. Once a week in the summer months, students from a nearby water ski school perform aquatic stunts for audiences at a local park. Students form pyramids, jump obstacles, ski barefoot, and occasionally ski while they wear alpine skis. Bala Bay remains
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