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Port Sandfield is a community on Lake Rosseau in
Port Sandfield is a community on Lake Rosseau in Ontario
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, Canada
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, located within and governed by the municipality of Muskoka Lakes.
It 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
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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 Muskoka may refer to:
Canada Geographical
* Lake Muskoka, lake located between Port Carling and Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada
* Muskoka River, a river in the Muskoka District of Ontario, Canada Municipalities
* District Municipality of Muskoka, a r ...
.
Port Sandfield was named after John Sandfield MacDonald
John Sandfield Macdonald, (December 12, 1812 – June 1, 1872) was the joint premier of the Province of Canada from 1862 to 1864. He was also the first premier of Ontario from 1867 to 1871, one of the four founding provinces created at Con ...
, who was then the Premier
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A premier will normally be a head of govern ...
of Ontario.
The swing bridge
A swing bridge (or swing span bridge) is a movable bridge that has as its primary structural support a vertical locating pin and support ring, usually at or near to its center of gravity, about which the swing span (turning span) can then p ...
over the canal, built in 1924, is the oldest in the province.
The canal fell into disuse, but was rehabilitated in 1999.
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