This site offers books about Muskoka. Muskoka Photo-Art links to retail partner VERANDA. Podcasts gets you to Patrick Boyer’s website and Modern History of Muskoka programs. Welcome!
This site offers books about Muskoka. Muskoka Photo-Art links to retail partner VERANDA. Podcasts gets you to Patrick Boyer’s website and Modern History of Muskoka programs. Welcome!
From Indigenous Wayfinding to Satellite Imaging
Between Samuel Champlain’s first map in 1615 and today’s satellite images of Muskoka from outer space lies a centuries-long drama which proves that putting Muskoka on a map was neither easy nor simple.
Striking Back for the Empire, 1914-1918
In August 1914 Muskokans rushed to enlist in the British Empire’s war that was supposed to be over by Christmas. After four years, with millions of soldiers and millions more civilians killed, the euphoria had long since turned to grim despair.
Muskokans Fight the Great War is historian J. Patrick Boyer’s lead-off book in a new series of modern histories about Muskoka. Launched last fall, this book includes previously undisclosed events and many never-before-published photos.