Muskoka Mills

Willam Hamilton, a merchant from Penetanguishene, purchased a 75-square mile timber limit in the mid 1850s near the mouth of the Musquash River and erected a sawmill. For Hamilton however luck would hardly be on his side. With a lumber trade waning economic circumstances quickly turned against him and he was forced to suspend operations indefinitely. Much of the lumber produced remained at the mill site, destined to sit and rot.