Huntsville Amenities

Shopping

From big box stores, Canadian Tire, Walmart and Home Hardware, Home depot, and everything in between. LCBO Liquor store, Beer Store. 3 major chain groceries. Winners, local merchants of the vibrant Huntsville Downtown, Huntsville Place Mall.

Dining

Huntsville boasts a mix of 5-star dining, locally owned Restaurants, Pubs and Grills as well as a host of the standard big chain restaurants, throughout the town and surrounding areas. The many local communities throughout the region have excellent dining facilities as well, making for great road trips for lunch or dinner.

Entertainment

The Algonquin Theatre on Main St. In Huntsville is acoustically designed for excellence and is an incredible venue to catch your favourite international and local entertainment, The Huntsville Festival of The Arts Hosts many top quality international stars. Many of the pubs and restaurants host live music, and there is a vibrant music community, with many performers recording, producing and performing on a regular basis. This is spawned by the Local Radio Station 88.7 who provides an avenue for this music to be heard. Throughout the year there are many free outdoor concerts, at the River Mill Park Bandshell in Downtown Huntsville. There are also many summer festival events sponsored by The Huntsville BIA and The Chamber of Commerce, throughout the summer and shoulder seasons. Huntsville is also the Flagship location of The Group of Seven Outdoor Gallery, a free public art display of Mural recreations of Famous works of art by Canada’s, Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven artists.

Schools

Trillium Lakelands District School Board is the regional public education board, and the Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board. School bus routes for both School Boards are within close proximity of the property. There is also French Immersion program for Huntsville and Lake of Bays areas for students in senior kindergarten to grade 3.

Recreation

Huntsville is a town full of recreational possibilities. Curling, Tennis, Pickle Ball, Baseball, Hockey, Soccer, and other sports facilities abound, as well as excellent amateur and professional golf courses. Hiking and walking trails, are scattered throughout the area with most of them being very scenic and forested, including the Trans Canada Trail which passes through the Downtown core. Then there is the boating whether you are a canoer, kayaker, paddleboarder or waterskiing motorboater, there are miles and miles of boating available. Arrowhead Provincial Park is within the town area, and the world-famous Algonquin Park is a short drive down highway 60.

Parks

Arrowhead Provincial Park

Located just north the northern edge of the Downtown area of Huntsville. This park offers sandy beaches on motor-free lakes, with overnight camping and has Seasonal and Day passes available It is also home to winter activities such as Cross-Country Skiing and an Ice-Skating trail that has been hailed as a top 50 Canadian Winter Experience, by Flight Network, and one of 19 Stunning Natural Ice Skating Rinks Around the World by Travel-Leisure.

Algonquin Park:

World famous Algonquin Park, renown for hundreds of miles of canoeing and portaging routes, as well as drive-to family camping sites, is one of our neighbours. It is a big part of the community, with many Huntsville businesses, working with and in the park. Renowned for its beautiful vistas, and nature trails many local residents use day passes to visit the park to hike, walk, or cycle many of the trails that are accessible off of Highway #60. Having this massive (1,891,208 acres) Provincial Park, the oldest provincial park in Canada (established in 1893), is an added bonus that makes life in Huntsville truly relaxing and peaceful when you want it to be.

Health & Wellness

Huntsville’s health care program is provided by Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC), with emergency health care services and inpatient care at two hospital sites in Huntsville and Bracebridge. Patient care is also supported through a number of outpatient programs at both hospital sites. Huntsville also has a number of Family Doctors, Chiropractors, Dentists, and many other health service industry professionals to cover all types of physical and mental health wellness. Fitness, yoga, and martial art studios are also available to members of the community.

Town Services

The Town of Huntsville services include indoor and outdoor skating rinks, indoor pool, Community Centre, Public Library, Club 55, Museum and Pioneer Village, Huntsville lookout, The Algonquin Theatre, and Rivermill Park (with bandshell). All business, building planning and development services are located in Huntsville Town Hall located at 37 Main St. East.

Places of Worship

There are many places of worship of different denominations in the community:

• St. Paul’s Anglican Church

• Faith Baptist

• St. Andrews Presbyterian

• Highview Baptist

• Trinity United

• Harvest Church Huntsville

• Muskoka Community Church

• Muskoka Baptist Conference Centre

Service Clubs

Like most towns Huntsville has a host of service clubs and community groups. Rotary, Lions Club, Kiwanis Club, Toastmasters and Volunteer Muskoka are just a few. There are also choir groups, community theatre, sports clubs, art groups and many other community-oriented associations.

Boat Launches

Within the limits of the Town of Huntsville there are four dedicated boat launches, all of which would give you access to all of Huntsville's four lakes, Vernon, Peninsula, Fairy and Mary, which are all connected to each other by the Muskoka River, for miles and miles of boating. There are too many boat launches in the region to mention them all.

These are the boat launches close to The Terraces of Ertler lane:

• Hutcheson Beach – Lake Vernon


• Goodwin Park – Muskoka River – access to Fairly Lake


• Avery Beach park – Access to Fairy and Vernon


• Brunel Rd. Launch – access to Fairy lake

Job Opportunities

According to the local YMCA employment centre, “there is no shortage of work in Huntsville”. There are a variety of trades and professional jobs available, as well as retail, and hospitality service industry jobs. As Huntsville has a large summer tourist population, there are many seasonal summer jobs that come available every year as well.

Business Opportunities

Huntsville has a vibrant Downtown business core, with retail shops and professional services lining both sides of Main St, and its extension King William Street. Anchored by The Downtown Huntsville Business Improvement Association, downtown Main St. Boasts a consistently low vacancy rate. The businesses on King William St., do not have their own association as of yet, but are also vibrant and have traditionally low vacancy rates as well. The Huntsville Place Mall, the only indoor shopping facility in Muskoka, is anchored by Metro, Winners and The Brick and features brand name retail outlets. The summer tourism market also offers many opportunities for entrepreneurs to develop, create, or buy existing businesses that can prosper in our successful community.