History/Maps
Explore a collection of our Maps, from past to present, including maps useful for boating and fishing
Satellite Map / Lot Map Overlay
Lot Map
1860 Historic Stanhope Map
Place Names Map
Depth Map
2012 Topographic Map
Google Earth - September 9, 2023
Indigenous Place Names (Boshkung Book)
Heritage Map Project
A collaboration of the volunteers in the Oxtongue Lake area, the Dorset Museum, the Stanhope Museum, and you!
This website features cultural and historical maps of the Township; full of interesting information on pioneer settlers and settlements, historic sites, veterans and local lore.
The goal of this project and website is to engage with seniors in capturing, preserving and promoting the culture and heritage of the Township of Algonquin Highlands. Our settlement areas expanded beyond our geographic borders, so we include neighbouring hamlets.
This is a work in progress - your input is welcomed – photos, documents, and stories – as they create a shared record of the history and culture of our communities on this website!
If you click the link named Listings, you’ll see the wonderful stories and pictures that have already been posted about Boshkung Lake and the surrounding area.
If you would like to share anything, please use the Contribute tab found at: Algonquin Highlands Heritage Map.
This project is funded by the New Horizons for Seniors program and supported by the Township of Algonquin Highlands.
[Source: Algonquin Highlands Heritage Map Project]
Matabanick Inn from Carol Moffatt's Postcard Collection
Matabanick Inn, Boskung, Ont. The Inn was a veteran resort in this 1939 view. Source: HALIBURTON Memories of Past Years by Michael Barns, Haliburton Forest & Wild Life Reserve Press 2003
Boat House at Matabanick Inn, Boskung Lake
Newspaper or magazine advertisement for the Matabanick Inn. Date unknown.
Archer's Store at Boskung (later Foster's General Store) from Carol Moffatt's Postcard Collection
Camp Calumet 1953 from Carol Moffatt's Postcard Collection
Camp Calumet from Carol Moffatt's Postcard Collection
Camp Calumet
Camp Calumet Tent Line from Carol Moffatt's Postcard Collection
Homestead Resort
Homestead Resort
Homestead Resort
Our Hidden History
There are many interesting historical accounts and stories about Boshkung Lake and the area, including about missing persons in the 1930’s and UFO’s in the 1970s.
If you have any interesting stories about the Lake or the surrounding area that you’d like to share, please email webblpoa@gmail.com. We’ll do our best to include them here.
Here’s just one about the mysterious disappearance of Harold Heaven from his cabin on Horseshoe Lake in 1934:
Photo by Steve Kinsley
UFO Activity on Boshkung Lake?
A Reporter Seeks the Truth
UFO MYSTERIES
by Curt Sutherly
2001
Llewellyn Publications
St. Paul, Minnesota, 55164-0383, U.S.A.
Chapter 4, “The Invasion of Boshkung Lake”
Pages 57 - 62
