Gravenhurst (Ontario)

Gravenhurst is a town in the Muskoka District Municipality of Ontario, about 160 kilometers north of Toronto. Gravenhurst has about 12,000 inhabitants. In the summer months this number is doubled by holidaymakers almost. The area of ​​the municipality of Gravenhurst extends from Lake Muskoka, one of the largest lakes in the region, up to the Gull Lake in the southeast.

Attractions are a fleet of ancient ships stationed on Lake Muskoka. Furthermore, the Norman -Bethune - house in which the later surgeon was born in 1890. It is mainly visited by Chinese tourists who still revere him because he spent several years in China and trained doctors and nurses. During an operation 1939, he suffered a blood poisoning, of which he died then.

From 30 June 1940 to June 1946 there was a camp for German prisoners of war.

Currently, other attractions are built in the harbor bay of Muskokasees. These include exhibition building, which deal with the history of Gravenhurst. Originally there were numerous sawmills that were supplied by the loggers. Almost the whole area of Muskoka was wooded and the wood was mostly used to build houses.

Well-known personality

• Norman Bethune, a physician and an internationalist, took the lead in the surgical treatment of tuberculosis.

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• Location in Ontario
• Place in North America
• Muskoka District Municipality