Muskoka District Municipality

Canada Courthouses / Ontario / Muskoka District Municipality
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Muskoka District Municipality is named for Chief Yellowhead or “Mesqua Ukie”, who was a first nations chief who lived near Lake Muskoka.

 

Created:  January 1, 1971

District Seat: 

Bracebridge   1971 – present

 

Courthouse – Bracebridge

 

Location:  3 Dominion Street / Ontario Street

Built:  1899 – 1900

Style:  Classical / Georgian

Architect:  Francis Riley Heakes of Toronto

Contractor:  James R Eaton of Orillia

 

Description:  The building faces west and is a two story red coloured brick and concrete structure. The building is located on landscaped grounds. The west front has a one story enclosed portico with arched entrance on the first story. Above is an arched window with raised section above on the roof. The windows on the second story are arched. The roof is hipped.  The building was renovated in 1948 to 1951. In 1966 to 1967, an addition was constructed. on the north side which extends west to the street. The architect was D G Creba and the contractor was Paul Carruthers Construction Company. The building houses the Superior Court of Justice.

 

See:  The architect, Frank Riley Heakes of Toronto,  was chief architect for the Ontario Department of Public Works and he designed courthouses in Fort FrancesHailebury, Kenora and Sault Ste. Marie.

 

Other Branch Courthouses

 

Huntsville

 

Courthouses: 

N – Parry Sound District

E – Nipissing District and Halburton County

S – Kawartha Lakes Region and Simcoe County

W – Georgian Bay

 

 

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Photos taken 2016