Making Muskoka: Tourism, Rural Identity, and Sustainability, 1870-1920

by Andrew Watson

Book Overview

Uncovers the transformation of Muskoka from an Indigenous, rural homeland to a playground for tourists and cottagers.

At the turn of the twentieth century, Muskoka underwent a profound transition. Over this period, settler colonialism upended Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee communities. However, settlers discovered that the land was unsuited for farming, and soon thereafter tourism became a fact of life. Andrew Watson examines rural...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0774867833
• ISBN13: 9780774867832
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"