Spectators line the streets of Muskoka Road in Gravenhurst for the Victoria Day Parade on May 24, 1915.
The birthday of Queen Victoria was a day for celebration in Canada long before Confederation, with the first legislation regarding the event being in 1845 passed by the parliament of the Province of Canada to officially recognize May 24 as the Queen’s birthday.
Photo courtesy of the Gravenhurst Archives.
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