Former German P.O.W. camp on Muskoka lake at Gravenhurst, this property has been purchased by a Toronto syndicate and will be converted into a quarter-of-a-million-dollar summer resort to be called the ''Gateway hotel''

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Former German P.O.W. camp on Muskoka lake at Gravenhurst, this property has been purchased by a Toronto syndicate and will be converted into a quarter-of-a-million-dollar summer resort to be called the ''Gateway hotel''

Date2/11/1949

Names

Fry, Henry (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Former German P.O.W. camp on Muskoka lake at Gravenhurst, this property has been purchased by a Toronto syndicate and will be converted into a quarter-of-a-million-dollar summer resort to be called the ''Gateway hotel''

Subject

Prisoner-of-war camps

Country:Canada

City, town or township:Gravenhurst

Province or state:Ontario

Region or district:Muskoka (Ont. : District municipality)

Medium

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Language

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)

Call Number / Accession NumberTS-2-125-GO-202

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