Gravenhurst Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
town in Ontario, Canada
About Gravenhurst
Gravenhurst was first known as McCabes Landing and later as Sawdust City. Gravenhurst was named by a postal official who was readingGravenhurst or Thoughts on Good and Evil, a treatise by William Smith. Gravenhurst's economic prosperity stemmed from the construction of a colonization road in the 1850s. Steamboating on the Muskoka lakes began in the 1860s. The town was at the northern terminus of the Toronto, Simcoe and Muskoka Junction Railway. In 1942 the Royal Norwegian Air Force moved their training camp (Little Norway) from Toronto to Muskoka airfield near Gravenhurst. The Norwegians remained in Gravenhurst almost to the end of World War II in 1945. From 1940 to 1946 Gravenhurst was the site of Camp 20, the Gravenhurst Internment Camp, for Nazi Prisoners of War, known locally as "the
Top Attractions in Gravenhurst
Explore the best things to see and do in Gravenhurst:
- ★Bethune Memorial House
- ★Grace and Speed - Muskoka Boat and Heritage Centre
- ★Gravenhurst Opera House
- ★New Heritage Museum
- ★Ontario Fire College Museum
- ★Reelpro Fishing Charters
- ★RMS Segwun and Wanda III
- ★The World's Largest Muskoka Chair
Where to Eat in Gravenhurst
Must-try local food and restaurants:
- 🍴Blue Willow Tea Shop
- 🍴Muskobilly’s Lakeside Tap & Grill
- 🍴Silver Pines Restaurant
- 🍴Skyways Restaurant
- 🍴The Bakery
- 🍴The Creative Plate Eatery
Where to Stay in Gravenhurst
- 🏨Arundel Lodge
- 🏨Camp Hillbilly Estates
- 🏨Howard Johnson
- 🏨Oakwood Motel/Muskoka Adventure
- 🏨Pine Lake Cottages
- 🏨Residence Inn by Marriott Gravenhurst Muskoka Wharf
Gravenhurst Travel Guide Sections
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