Muskoka named top summer destination

Posted June 24, 2011 9:42 am.

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The editors of National Geographic Traveller Magazine picked Ontario’s cottage country as the top summer destination for 2011.

Among the reasons for the honour, Muskoka’s 14,000 km of shoreline, 17 historic towns and countless lakes, islands and waterfalls.

Muskoka beat out other world class vacation destinations such as Argentina’s Patagonia region and Portugal’s Azores.

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