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Established in 1971, the township of Muskoka lakes has a year round population of 6,588. The area now covered by the township was opened for settlement and organized in 1870 into the following geographic (and sometime municipal) townships of Watt, Cardwell, Humphrey, Christie, Medora and Wood. In 1971, the current municipal structure took hold when Cardwell Township, Watt Township, Medora and Wood Townships, Bala, Port Carling, Windermere and part of Monck Township were merged. Timber was initially the greatest economic attraction for the region. The soil is poor and rocky and consequently is not especially suited to agriculture.
As the resource industries dried up, the area soon embraced tourism as its economic base because of its proximity to Toronto and the rest of Southern Ontario. For many Ontarians, this is the centre of cottage country. The Muskoka Lakes Township Public Libraries offer research, literature, and cultural resources to local residents.
The township contains many small communities, including Bala, Minett, Mortimers Point, Port Carling, Port Sandfield, and Walkers Point.
