Muskoka River
The Muskoka River is a river in the Muskoka District of Ontario, Canada.
It rises in the highlands of Algonquin Park and flows southwest through a number of lakes including
- Lake Muskoka
- Lake Joseph
- Lake Rosseau
- Lake of Bays
which empty into Georgian Bay south of Parry Sound by way of the Moon and Musquash Rivers.
Tributaries include the:
Communities on the river include:
- Bracebridge, Ontario
- Huntsville, Ontario
The name "Muskoka" comes from the name of a chief of the Ojibwa in this region, "Mesqua Ukee".In fiction
There is also a Muskoka River in Nancy Drew's fictional home town of River Heights, located somewhere in the Midwestern United States.
