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Images database - Browsing Place names - 'Gravenhurst (inhabited place)' (2 found) Mark  1. Title  The Sagamo damaged by fire at Gravenhurst Collection  Francis J. Petrie Collection Date  April 4, 1969. Collection  General Photograph Collection Physical items  Filing No.   Format        D418367  Photograph      2. Title  Steamboating in Muskoka 1866-1959, Gravenhurst, Ontario Creator  Unknown Type  Still Image Collection  General Photograph Collection Notes  Plaque Text: Steam navigation on the Muskoka Lakes began in 1866, when the paddle vessel "Wenonah" went into service. Built at Gravenhurst, she was owned by A.P. Cockburn (1837-1905), who served as the federal member of parliament for Muskoka, 1872-82, and for North Ontario, 1882-87. The "Wenonah" was the first of a line of ships known after 1872 as the Northern Lakes Navigation Company, and after 1949 as the Muskoka Lakes Line. Its ships were among many which contributed to the early and rapid development of Muskoka as a lumbering and resort region. The steamboat gradually gave way to the automobile, and the last two, "Segwun" (1887) and "Sagamo" (1906) ceased operation in 1958. The burned hull of the ship "Sagamo" can be seen in the background. Physical items  Filing No.   Format        D525956  Black and white photograph

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