Jun 062011
Due to a resolution passed by the Township of Muskoka Lakes on October 21, 2008, the proponent included a Cultural Heritage Landscape Study (this is a 10 Mbyte file, it will take some time to download) as Appendix C8 in their environmental screening report.
In Section 4.4 of that Study, the authors note:
The Bala Falls area extending from the park on the south shore of the Muskoka River to the park on the north side is a distinct cultural heritage landscape of water management, power generation, tourism, and transportation.
That is, the proponent’s own Study concludes that the area from Cenotaph Park (south of the south channel) to Margaret Burgess Park (the greenspace north of the north channel), is a cultural heritage landscape.