This post covers Stewarts Island on Lake Muskoka in Bala Bay, including its former name Beatty Island and an older map reference you may see: Cunningham Island. If you searched “Stewarts Island Lake Muskoka” or “Beatty Island Lake Muskoka”, you’re looking at the same island. Beatty is the historic name; modern charts typically show Stewarts … Read more
We have a waterfront listing in Port Carling – on Mirror Lake at the top of Lake Muskoka. This property comes with a 3 bedroom home, a small cottage, and a waterfront building with 3, 1 Bedroom rental units and long-term tenants. The property features a lovely historic home in downtown Port Carling, on Mirror … Read more
The Muskoka Lakes Association just sent the following update which includes a detailed report from the Ministry of Natural Resources. Specific current levels are indicated for the following lakes: Tea Lake, Kawagama Lake, Lake of Bays, Wood Lake, Fox Lake, Mary Lake, Lake Rosseau, Lake Joseph, Lake Muskoka, Go Home Lake, Perry Lake, Doe Lake, … Read more
Did you know that Gravenhurst Bay in Lake Muskoka is 4 to 5 times cleaner than it was 1970? Did you know that everyone alive in the 70’s had toxic levels of lead in their blood? Did you know that Muskoka has only half as many acid lakes as it once did? Well, how about … Read more
895 feet of frontage on Lake Muskoka; very level with wonderful privacy. This iconic Muskoka cottage property for sale, is definitely a rare find. The virtual tour is a good way to get some sense of this rare property. It’s nothing like walking the real thing though. There’s more information on the ad details here and in this previous … Read more
After showing cottages by boat (they were mostly island cottages for sale) on Lake Muskoka and Lake Rosseau all day Saturday, we knew that we had planned well. We finished up around 6:00 pm at the top of Lake Rosseau, in Cameron Bay across from the Village of Rosseau, and just in time for dinner. … Read more
Quick Update: We are having some crazy weather here – like many other places. Strong winds with above-seasonal temperatures overnight. At 7:00 am this morning it was 16C, the expected high tomorrow only 1C. It was all enough to make the ice on Lake Muskoka disappear! Look at the two images below; essentially the same … Read more
It got up to 8 degrees C today, and really quite lovely, but we have some work to do to get all this ice and snow out of here. Other than today, our high temps have been -2 or so with night temperatures 10 degrees below that. Lake Muskoka is still totally ice-covered, so the … Read more
There is a way to tell that it is spring in Muskoka. It is subtle, but encouraging because, you may know that we still have lots of snow here in Muskoka and we need encouragement. But we have light, more light, and I love light! Steve and I walk the dogs late every afternoon. Until … Read more
Many times in the past, at work in Toronto, Chicago, Orlando, or Boston, I’d hear about spring equinox (night and day of approximately equal length) and begin to wonder how conditions were at our Muskoka cottage. In case you are at work planning for spring at the cottage, I have an update for you. Depending … Read more