Muskoka District: Populated Places Tables
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Canada
Ontario Muskoka District
How Each Column Helps You With Your Research[edit | edit source]
1. POPULATED PLACE column: names the "populated place" or "location" of interest.
2. FORMER NAME, if applicable column: if the location was known by another name, it is listed here (a year of name change is given, if known).
3. TYPE column: gives type of location (i.e. village, town, city, etc.) - the size definition varies per province.
4. FHL CATALOG column: links the "catagories of sources" available in the Family History Library for this populated place or location.
5. WIKIPEDIA column: links to background information regarding this location or its county if Wikipedia does not have an article for that specific place.
Useful Websites[edit | edit source]
- Canadian Geographical Names Data Base (CGNDB) - gives brief information about a place, including historic names/places. For historic information, scroll to #3, and click Formerly Official, also try with All.
- Google Maps - shows the whereabouts of places on a map.
- Google Images - shows pictures/photos/old maps (sometimes) of a place.
- WorldCat - shows sources (books, maps, etc.) at various libraries/repositories, etc. for a place.
Notes[edit | edit source]
- Listed below are the Populated Places in this district, according to the Gazetteer of Canada: Ontario of 1962.[1] This gazetteer is used for the sources of locations or Populated Places in the Family History Library Catalog for the Province of Ontario.
- If you wish the current division, where your Populated Place now exists, check the Canadian Geogrpahical Names Data Base listed above.
Populated Places Table[edit | edit source]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
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POPULATED PLACE1 |
FORMER NAME, if applicable | TYPE |
FHL CATALOG |
WIKIPEDIA |
| Baysville | Link | Link | ||
| Beaumaris | Link | Link | ||
| Bracebridge | Link | Link | ||
| Cognashene |
Settlement |
Link | Link | |
| Falkenburg | Link | Link | ||
| Franklin | Township | Link | Link | |
| Golden Valley | Link | Link | ||
| Gravenhurst | Link | Link | ||
| Honey Harbour | Link | Link | ||
| Huntsville | Link | Link | ||
| Kilworthy | Link | Link | ||
| Macaulay | Historic Township | Link | Link | |
| Norway Point | Link | Link | ||
| Port Carling | Link | Link | ||
| Port Sydney | Link | Link | ||
| Severn Bridge | Link | Link | ||
| Stisted | Historic Township | Link | Link | |
| Uffington | Link | Link | ||
| Vankoughnet | Historic Township | Link | Link | |
| Windermere | Link | Link | ||
| ANY NEW LOCATIONS IN FHL CATALOG??? | Link |
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Gazetteer of Canada. Ontario, (Ottawa, Ontario: Geographical Branch, Dept. of Mines and Technical Surveys, 1962). FHL book 971.3 E5c
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