This photo was originally posted by Bruce Amos in Vintage Muskoka
The caption reads: “at Port Sandfield ca. 1955”
Port Sandfield was founded in 1870, when a canal was built connecting Lake Joseph to Lake Rosseau. Alexander Peter Cockburn, a member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament and founder and first President of the Muskoka Settlers’ Association played a leading role in getting the canal funded. The canal was funded at the same time as a lock at Port Carling. The canal and lock allowed a fleet of steamboats to carry freight, mail, cargo and timber over the three largest lakes in the county of Muskoka.
Port Sandfield was named after John Sandfield MacDonald, who was then the Premier of Ontario. The swing bridge over the canal, built in 1924, is the oldest in the province.
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