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Photo: MAKING THE CUT. Barry Davidson, a planning forester for Westwind Forest Stewardship Inc, surveys a section of forest on Crown land that is scheduled for harvest. Although not a huge part of the industry of Muskoka, logging is still important to the area.

Seeing Muskoka's wood through the trees

July 2, 2009 - by Jake Good

Barry Davidson stands in the middle of a forest deep in the heart of Ridout Township near Baysville. A thick cloud of black flies swarm around him but his attention is firmly on the surrounding trees. This area of...

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Send in the clowns

July 2, 2009

SEND IN THE CLOWNS. Colourful clowns entertained the crowds with homemade musical instruments during the Kaleidoscope Children’s Festival held at Red...

Photo: JUMPIN’ INTO SUMMER. Santa can do a lot of things but even he cannot control the weather. The opening day at Santa’s Village in Bracebridge was a bit wet but that did not stop Meaford’s Issac Clark from enjoying himself.

Wet ride

June 24, 2009 - by Kerri MacDonald

JUMPIN’ INTO SUMMER. Santa can do a lot of things but even he cannot control the weather. The opening day at Santa’s Village in Bracebridge was a bit...

Green Thumbs

June 18, 2009 - by Muskokan Staff

GREEN THUMBS. Muskoka Heritage Foundation committee member Ariel Zwicker teaches two-year-old Cameron Wicks how to plant some native plants at the...

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Photo: CAPTURING AN ERA. The organizers behind this year’s Muskoka Heritage Foundation Summer Tour are emphasizing the two facets of heritage behind the properties on show. Thelma Jarvis, who created the program booklets for the event, says each property has a built and an oral heritage.

Muskoka's heritage: On water and land

July 2, 2009 - by Kerri MacDonald

There are two different stories behind each property included on this year’s Muskoka Heritage Foundation Summer Tour. While the buildings themselves...

Photo: GOING GREEN. Toronto-based architect Trevor McIvor, left, stands with Orchard Contracting owner Doug Orchard. McIvor, who recently designed two green roofs in the Rosseau area, says green roofs and other sustainable design initiatives are less difficult and costly than most people think.

Greening the roofs of Muskoka

July 2, 2009 - by Kerri MacDonald

When architect Trevor McIvor graduated from the University of Waterloo with a thesis on sustainability, homebuilders laughed at his passion for green...

Photo: THE SOUND OF COMMUNITY. This year marks the 30th anniversary of Parry Sound’s annual Festival of the Sound. Artistic Director James Campbell, who’s celebrating an anniversary of his own after running the festival for 25 years, thinks the connection with the Parry Sound community is integral to the successful summer event.

A classic celebration

June 24, 2009 - by Kerri MacDonald

What do you give the artistic director of one of Canada’s prized classical music festivals for his 25th anniversary? For James Campbell, who has been...

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Left a Bit, Write a Bit

July 2, 2009 - by Jake Good

Left, then right and stop at the moose - I love visiting people who are old Muskoka cottagers. I have nothing against new ones, it...

Photo: GARDEN GOODNESS. Janice Turner King’s garden is a mix of lawn, Canadian Shield and forest. After moving to a new build in Gravenhurst she started with an empty space and has since created a haven with a mix of native plants and natural products.

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by Janice Turner King

Muskoka garden is a labour of love - Sometime in 2003, my husband Dan and I started to seriously think about where we wanted to...

Cottage Country Cook

June 24, 2009 - by Mary-Lyn Tebby

Making the most from fresh produce - I love Foodland Ontario’s website not just because it promotes good Ontario agricultural...

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Art on and island setting

July 2, 2009 - by Jake Good

There are lots of art shows in Muskoka but just one that is accessible only by boat. Now in its fourth year, the Muskoka Islands Art Show will be...

Photo: GOOD WOOD. The furniture Ryan Coyne handcrafts is not just beautiful it is also made from sustainable products that are found locally. Coyne will be one of a number of new artists displaying his work at the Muskoka Arts and Crafts summer show.

From tree forts to custom cabinetry

Can a furniture maker who consumes trees for his art be green? Ryan Coyne answers with an emphatic yes. In order to reduce his global carbon...

Photo: ENCOURAGING DISCOVERY. In June, local artists Andrea Turnbull, Bonnie Bews and Margo Gracey launched Exhale, a studio tour experience that encourages visitors to make themselves at home. The self-directed tour includes gardens and studios at Thyme of the Season, Hinterglas Castle and Bramblewood Studio.

Exploration central to new gallery tour

June 24, 2009 - by Kerri MacDonald

Three Muskoka artists are budding with excitement about Exhale, a new studio and garden tour that takes visitors on a scenic drive around the Lake...

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