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South Muskoka is the southern tip of the Canadian Shield, a land of rock, pine, and deep clean water. It extends east from Port Severn on Georgian Bay, along the Trent-Severn Waterway, to swift Rapids. It goes north a bit to take in Six Mile Lake, the other gem in South Muskoka’s crown.

The area offers everything you would expect from Muskoka, such as great fishing, boating, and abundant wildlife; without the long drive, and higher prices, found further north. It also offers easier access to a greater number of services and facilities.

South Muskoka is easy to get to. You get on Highway 400 North in Toronto and you get off it in South Muskoka. It’s as simple as that. The road is four lanes all the way and a pleasant drive, particularly, when you get into the rolling farm country north of Barrie.

Once you’re off the multi-lane, you’re in a different world, which is more tranquil, natural, and beautiful – a little friendlier too – than the one you have left behind. This is a world where your boat or your boots can take the place of your car.

Boating in south Muskoka isn’t just good; it’s superb, because it’s so varied. There are quiet backwaters for canoeing or fishing (bass, pike, muskie and pickerel). There’s the Trent-Severn (“The System”), which gives you easy access to Georgian Bay, it’s villages and towns (Midland, Penetanguishene), and beautiful Georgian Bay Islands National Park, which can only be reached by boat.

Anything you can do in or on the water, you can do here, including shopping and dining. Nonetheless, there are some cottagers who “just sit”, which is one of the area’s appeals: you can be as busy, or as quiet as you like.

If you want to do something, a lot or a little, there is no shortage of things to do and see. The following list isn’t comprehensive, but we hope it will give you a taste of south Muskoka.

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