KILWORTHY

NAME: Kilworthy COUNTY: Muskoka District ROADS: 4WD GRID: 1 CLIMATE: Snow in winter BEST TIME TO VISIT: All year

COMMENTS: This hamlet is located S.of Gravenhurst and NE of Sparrow Lake. It still has a post office where one rural route is sorted. The old general store was once the old railway station. It was in use until the 1990s but is now beginning to fall apart in dis-repair since it is no longer used. Semi-ghost - the population here hasnt changed in over 100 years. REMAINS: Rail station

To help encourage settlement to the area the Free Land Grant and Homestead Act of 1868 was created. Before this it was suggested that Muskoka be turned into a large Indian reservation. The realization of Muskoka's timber and the immigration of settlers into southern Ontario changed officials minds.The railway in 1878 had a station at Severn Bridge and one which is now known today as Kilworthy. The railway reached Gravenhurst in 1875 but it did not reach Bracebridge until 1885 and it reached Bala in 1907. The railway provided better transportation for tourists as the trek on the roads were still difficult. Submitted by: Clayton Self

Kilworthy Post Office Courtesy Clayton Self

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