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Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into [...]
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into [...]
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Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into [...]
The 2014 Lake of Bays Waterfront Marketplace Lake of Bays (LOB) waterfront property market in 2014 was a remarkable year. The value of waterfront properties sold was higher than in any of the last 10 years and 4% higher than the previous volume peak in 2007. For the first time the average sale on the [...]
The Muskoka marketplace in 2014 was ahead of 2013 performance by almost every measure. The number of waterfront properties sold was higher across Muskoka-Haliburton Orillia Board (The Lakelands) by almost 40%, District of Muskoka increased by more than 60% and, the Big 3 lakes by roughly 12%. There was significant movement to smaller lakes by [...]
Today's a big day in Port. The Biennial Antique Boat Show is centered around the locks. The weather could not be nicer. If you're any where near the Hub of the Lakes today, it's worth dropping by and seeing the floating armada of fine craftsmanship. My first trip to Port Carling was 60 years ago [...]
On the Big Muskoka Lakes, many of the oldest cottages are on islands. When cottages were first built, in the 1800's, there were no roads. All land was water access. Ships like Cherokee, Islander, Sagamo and Segwun delivered people, groceries, hardware and lumber to cottage property. They did this into the 1950's. Peerless, pictured here, [...]
For the better part of two hours lightning sheeted across the lake. Thunder rumbled continuously. Some crashes even rattled the windows. Power flickered and the satellite reception croaked. Oh so briefly the heavens opened for a glimpse of hope before darkness fell like a stone sounding worse. I call it a thunderset.