A day in Muskoka, Ontario, Canada

In the early party of this year I found myself spending a couple of months at a friend's place in Ontario. The global Covid-19 pandemic made any proper travel trips impossible but right before I returned to British Columbia we made a short day trip to the famed Muskoka region north of Toronto. On this trip it was me, my friends Namendra and Sonali and their kids, Kittu and bubbles. We started off from Barrie which is where my friends lived. Passing through Orillia, past Washago we made our way to Gravenhurst. We made a brief stop at Namendra's office near Rama before making our second brief stop at Gravenhurst. One of the most beautiful villages I have ever seen with pretty shop fronts I wanted to spend more time here but due to our plans we resumed our trip sooner.  

We made our next stop in a town called Bracebridge. Here, to my surprise I found that there is a very old hydel power generating station. Built in 1894 it is one of the oldest power generating stations in Canada. We spent some time here taking pics and checking out the station. The region after Gravenhurst is all cottage county pretty much till the start of Algonquin Park. A causal look at the Wikipedia article of Muskoka revealed that a lot of Hollywood stars have their cottages here. Tom hanks, Steven Spielberg and Kate Hudson to name a few. 

We reached Algonquin park sometime in the afternoon and did a brief hike there just to stretch our legs and take a look around. After enjoying a few walks we decided it was time to go and we started off on our return journey. We stopped briefly at a roadside restaurant to have late lunch. The restaurant reminded me of Dhabas of India. After lunch our next stop was at home which we reached around 6pm. It was nice short getaway from the dreariness of the covid19 lockdowns.