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.
This was both the setting and filming location of the 2024 film My Old Ass, starring Maisy Stella and Aubrey Plaza.
Geography
The township is located on the Canadian Shield and the area is marked by 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, along with many other smaller lakes.
Protected areas in Muskoka Lakes include Hardy Lake Provincial Park and Torrance Barrens Conservation Area.
Communities
The township contains the communities of:
- Bala
- Bala Park
- Bardsville
- Barlochan
- Baysville
- Bear Cave
- Beatrice
- Beaumaris
- 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
- Whiteside
- Willow Beach
- Windermere
- Woodington
- Woodward Station
- Ziska
Climate
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Muskoka Lakes had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
- Tatley, Richard. Steamboating in Muskoka. Bracebridge, Ontario : Muskoka Litho, 1972.