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No. 1 · Remembrance week

The newsletter

What’s on, what’s next, what came before.

Monday, November 9, 2026

This week

Remembrance Day is Wednesday. There is a service in Dorset in the morning and a local history talk in Gravenhurst in the afternoon. Calendar Girls plays four nights in Bracebridge. On the weekend the first Christmas markets open in Bala and Bracebridge.

This is the first newsletter. It comes every Monday. Every item has a source.

What's on

This week

Mon

Nov 9

O Christmas Tea

Gravenhurst Opera House, Gravenhurst · 7:30 pm

A British comedy. The Town calendar also lists a 3 pm show.

Wed

Nov 11

Dorset Remembrance Day Service

Dorset, Lake of Bays · 10:40 am

The Remembrance Day service in Dorset.

Wed

Nov 11

Local History Talk: Remembering the Fallen

Gravenhurst Public Library, Gravenhurst · 2 pm

A local history talk on Remembrance Day.

Thu

Nov 12

Roch Voisine Sings Gordon Lightfoot

Algonquin Theatre, Huntsville · 7:30 pm

Roch Voisine sings the songs of Gordon Lightfoot.

Thu–Sun

Nov 12–15

Theatre Muskoka: Calendar Girls

Rene M. Caisse Memorial Theatre, Bracebridge · 7 pm nightly

Four nights of the play, by Theatre Muskoka.

Fri

Nov 13

Winter Forest of Light

Sandhill Nursery, Huntsville · Evenings

A night walking trail. It starts Friday and runs into March 2027.

Sat

Nov 14

Bala Legion Local Talent Showcase

Bala Legion, Bala · 7 pm

Local performers. Tickets are $20.

Sat–Sun

Nov 14–15

Pratt’s Annual Christmas Market

Pratt’s Garden Centre, 3323 Hwy 169, Bala · Sat and Sun

The garden centre's annual Christmas market.

Also: the MA&C Holiday Market opens Thursday at 63 Manitoba St, Bracebridge. The Simply Cottage Holiday Makers Market is Saturday, 10 am to 4 pm. Marta Solek plays the Opera House salon series Sunday at 1:30 pm.

All events on the site →

Listings from the Gravenhurst Opera House, the Towns of Gravenhurst and Lake of Bays, Theatre Muskoka, the Algonquin Theatre, Explore Huntsville and the Muskoka Lakes Chamber. Checked Nov 3. Confirm times with the venue.

What came before

1942

Little Norway

In 1942 the Royal Norwegian Air Force moved its training camp from Toronto Island to Muskoka Airport, near Gravenhurst. The site covered 430 acres. Training went on there until February 1945, when the camp moved to England.

Over 2,500 Norwegian airmen trained at the Little Norway camps during the war. In 2007 Norway and Canada placed a memorial in the airport terminal.

Source: Wikipedia, Little Norway. More at Muskoka Pulse, History.

On the water

The last loons

The lakes are quiet now. The adult loons left first. The young ones stay behind on the lake they were raised on, and they leave weeks after their parents, before the ice forms.

Source: Wikipedia, Common loon

Worth knowing

Waste sites are on winter hours

Summer hours ended the last Sunday in October. Beiers Transfer Station in Gravenhurst is now open 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on weekdays, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday and 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Sunday.

The Honey Harbour Depot closed on Oct 19 for upgrades. The Southwood Depot in Torrance is closed for the rest of the year. Bagged waste must go in clear bags.

Source: District of Muskoka, drop-off locations and hours, read Nov 3

That is the week. If you know of something we missed, reply to this email with a link to the source.

Kyle, Muskoka Pulse

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