From the Muskoka Steamships & Discovery Centre:
“A fantastic photo of Muskoka Wharf with the train arriving and the Nipissing paddle wheeler (later to become the RMS Segwun) ready for boarding. In 1887, long before the era of modern highways, the R.M.S. Segwun was built in Glasgow, Scotland, and assembled at Gravenhurst. The ship was originally a side paddlewheel steamer named “Nipissing II” and served as a connection – transporting passengers, mail, and freight from Muskoka Wharf in Gravenhurst to cottages, resorts and homes that were beginning to populate the Muskoka Lakes.”
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