File consists of material relating to the production of the MLA yearbook for the years 1989 and 1990. Includes photocopied documents: correspondence (some faxed), memoranda, invoices, production schedules, an article and president's message for inclusion in the yearbook, etc.

Series consists of material created and accumulated by Robert Topp in his role as Chair of the Political Portfolio and its Taxation Committee (1994-1995) and member of the Political Portfolio and Chair of its Taxation Committee (1995-1996).

The Political Portfolio was involved in political and tax-related issues, and during this period was especially focused on property taxation and a group appeal of the 1992 property assessment to the Assessment Review Board launched in 1995 on behalf of over 1000 MLA members with property on Lakes Muskoka, Rosseau, and Joseph.

The appeal resulted in a decision favourable for the association that was then appealed by the Assessment Commissioner to the Ontario Municipal Board, where the association was partly successful and was granted leave to appeal to the Ontario Divisional Court.

Series includes correspondence (some drafts), reports, presentations, newspaper clippings (some photocopied), ARB and OMB notices and decisions, lists of members of the group appeal, handwritten notes, news releases, and other material.

File consists of material relating to the outcome of the Assessment Review Board hearing for the group appeal filed by the MLA, and the appeal of the decision to the Ontario Municipal Board. Includes faxed correspondence, draft correspondence, handwritten notes, photocopied newspaper clippings, information on organizing a group assessment appeal, etc. Includes correspondence between association vice-president Robert Hodgins and Ontario Minister of Finance Ernie Eves.

File consists of material relating to the Assessment Review Board decision about the MLA group appeal. Includes faxed copies of the ARB decisions, notices of hearings and decisions, lists of MLA group appeal members, faxed correspondence, and handwritten notes.

File consists of a draft report by John Beare, Ph.D., entitled Analysis of the reassessment at 1992 market values for Lakes Muskoka, Joseph and Rosseau for Muskoka Lakes Association. File also includes photocopied handwritten notes, a draft executive summary, and an agenda for a special meeting of the Political Portfolio. John Beare was a former chair of the MLA Taxation Committee.

File consists of two articles clipped from the Globe and Mail on July 22 and July 24, 1998. One article is about pollution in the Great Lakes, and one is an opinion piece about canoes.

File consists of material relating to a seminar presented by Robert Topp and others on "How to appeal your property tax assessment" at the March, 1996 Cottage Life show in Toronto. Includes correspondence, handwritten notes, presentation notes, overhead transparencies, and typed information on organizing a group assessment appeal.

File consists of material relating to the District Municipality of Muskoka, Muskoka task force on property taxation. Includes agendas (plus attachments) and minutes of task force meetings, photocopies and faxes of a discussion paper and other information, a memorandum with attachments, and minutes of a meeting of the Sub-committee on Phase In. Also included is an agenda (plus attachments) for a meeting of the District Municipality of Muskoka Administration and Finance Committee.

File consists of material relating to a hearing by the Ontario Municipal Board regarding a group assessment appeal for a test case waterfront property on Lake Joseph. Includes faxed correspondence, faxed and photocopied documents from the OMB (including a notice of motion, appointments for hearing, decision, etc.), handwritten notes, and photocopied newspaper clippings.

File consists of material relating to the expansion of the Diamond in the Ruff golf course and the associated permit to withdraw water from Nutt Lake and other sources, and an amendment to the Township of Muskoka Lakes official plan. Includes faxed and photocopied correspondence and notices, reports from the Township's Director of Planning, a review of an environmental impact study, photocopied portions of maps and drawings, a draft of an amendment (no. 27) to the official plan, and other photocopied material.

File consists of a signed agreement between the Lake Joseph Club and the Muskoka Lakes Association regarding a condominium development by the Club. Also present are a master plan of the development and a plan of Phase 1 of the development as schedules to the agreement.

File consists of material relating to development at the Lake Rosseau Beach Resort and a hearing before the Ontario Municipal Board. Includes mainly faxed copies of correspondence among members of the legal council for the various stakeholders.

Also present are reports (including planning and environmental impact reports), reports from the Township of Muskoka Lakes Director of Planning, witness statements prepared for the OMB hearing, minutes from meetings of the MLA directors and the Environment Portfolio, memoranda, handwritten notes, etc. Most material was received via fax.

File consists of material relating to development at the Lake Rosseau Beach Resort and an appeal to the Ontario Municipal Board. Includes mainly faxed copies of correspondence among members of the legal council for the various stakeholders. Also present are draft by-laws, witness statements prepared for the OMB hearing, OMB decisions, photocopies of portions of maps and plans, handwritten notes, articles prepared for the MLA newsletter, etc. Most material was received via fax.

File consists of material relating to the sale and development of the Mukoka Centre property in Gravenhurst. Includes mainly photocopied press clippings. Also present are faxed correspondence, typed and handwritten notes, photocopied plans for a resort expansion, a petition and form letter to Premier Mike Harris and Gravenhurst mayor Bob Betts opposing a development project, etc.

File consists of material relating to a proposed expansion of the Muskoka Sands Resort and the construction of a breakwall in the lake at the resort. Includes correspondence (mostly faxed copies of letters), photocopied newspaper clippings, notices regarding public hearings and the passing of a zoning by-law, handwritten notes, photocopied portions of maps and plans, and other photocopied material. Most material was received via fax.

File consists of material relating to the official plan and comprehensive zoning by-law 87-87 in the Township of Muskoka Lakes. Includes the consolidated by-law and accompanying zone schedules, two versions of the official plan, a draft amendment (89-110) to by-law 87-87, and photocopies of Ontario Municipal Board decisions relating to the by-law and that amendment.

File consists of material relating to the Recreational Safety Committee. Includes meeting minutes and an agenda (1986), a summary of a water safety attitude study (1985), and two copies of a draft resolution regarding water safety and boating regulations.

File consists of material relating to the activities of the Regatta Committee and the organization of the MLA regattas for the years 1978-1980. Includes incoming correspondence; photocopies of outgoing correspondence of the committee chairman and other committee members; minutes and agendas of committee meetings (1974-1980); regatta flyers and programs; lists of committee members and suppliers; handwritten notes; invoices (some photocopied); budgets; reports; etc.

Material is divided by the following tabs: Correspondence, Minutes, Regatta course, Phase one, Attachments, Management summary.

File consists of material relating to the activities of the Regatta Committee and the organization of the 1983 regatta. Includes incoming correspondence; photocopies of outgoing correspondence of the committee chairman and other committee members; minutes and agendas of committee meetings (1981-1983); typed procedures, rules, etc; regatta programs; lists of committee members and tasks; budgets; etc.

Material is divided by the following tabs: Minutes, Task list, Regatta committee, Budget '83, Financial matters, [untitled], Trophy winners, Rules/procedures.

File consists of correspondence to Ewart McLaughlin, as well as one outgoing letter and carbon copies of letters to other recipients. Also included is a motor boat races schedule (undated). Letters relate to boating and to the MLA regatta and motor boat races. McLaughlin was possibly on the Regatta Committee.

File consists of regatta programs, containing lists of events.

File consists of lists of events and their winners and times, as well as regatta champions, for the MLA regattas from 1965-1973. File also includes correspondence, handwritten notes, regatta programs, minutes of Regatta Committee meetings (1965-1969), a list of committee members (1969), and newspaper clippings. Material is divided by tabs numbered by year.

File consists of two copies of a report by software developers about a proposed program to manage the administration of member records.

File consists of material relating to the organization of the 2002 antique boat show held by the MLA. Includes leaflets and programs advertising the show, working lists of boats and exhibitors, invitations and RSVP cards, correspondence (including some drafts, faxes and e-mail print outs), boat histories and information, event permits, a photocopy of a by-law, etc.

File consists of material relating to the group appeal to the Assessment Review Board launched by the MLA regarding property assessment and taxation. Includes Assessment Review Board notices of decisions and notices of hearings, lists of MLA member addresses and roll numbers, returned envelopes, and a faxed copy of a letter from association president Robert Hodgins to the directors including the Ontario Municipal Board decision regarding the appeal, and other correspondence.

File consists of material relating to the activities of the Political Portfolio (committee) for 1997-1998. Includes photocopied newspaper clippings, meeting agendas and minutes, presentation slides and notes (computer print-outs), correspondence and memoranda (some faxed), and other material. Includes photocopied letters to the Chair of the District Municipality of Muskoka from Ontario Premier Mike Harris and Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Tony Clement.

File consists of material relating to property tax assessment. Includes correspondence and memoranda (mostly faxed or photocopied), photocopied newspaper clippings, reports on property assessment methodology and sale prices for market value, completed survey forms from MLA members, handwritten notes, material from the Ontario Fair Assessment System and from the Assessment Review Board, and other photocopied or faxed information.

File consists of material relating to the "Boat Pro" safe boating courses for children, teens, and adults, offered by the MLA in the summer of 1999. Includes course schedules and sign-up lists, a report by a course instructor, and correspondence (fax and e-mail print-out).

File consists of material relating to the "Boat Pro" safe boating courses for children, teens, and adults, offered by the MLA in the summer of 2000. Includes lists of course participants, schedules, a memorandum, and a letter from a parent regarding the course.

File consists of material relating to the purchase and use of property assessment software programs by the MLA. Includes manuals and instructions, quotes and invoices, correspondence, handwritten notes, a brochure, etc. File also includes a 3.5" computer disk labelled "MLA requst 98-17 / Muskoka sales database / Cindy."

File consists of The MLA Handbook, an updated edition of the original 1957 handbook.

File consists of the 2005 Muskoka Lakes Association yearbook.

File consists of the 2006 Muskoka Lakes Association yearbook.

File consists of undated newspaper clippings relating to activities of and issues of interest to the MLA. Includes some handwritten memorandum to Michael Vaughan.

File consists of newspaper clippings relating to activities of and issues of interest to the MLA from 1976-1978. Includes some photocopies.

File consists of newspaper clippings relating to activities of and issues of interest to the MLA from 1976-1978. Includes some photocopies.

File consists of newspaper clippings relating to activities of and issues of interest to the MLA from 1981. Includes some handwritten memorandum to Michael Vaughan and some photocopies.

File consists of newspaper clippings relating to activities of and issues of interst to the MLA from 1986. Includes some photocopies.

File consists of a draft copy of a report prepared by the Muskoka Lakes Assocation, for the Ontario Ministry of the Environment under the Experience '78 program, by Ecologistics Limited.

File consists of a report on the results of a questionnaire regarding second home ownership distributed to business people and decision-makers in Muskoka. Report prepared by Joan M. Brennan.

File consists of material relating to planning in the District Municipality of Muskoka. Includes a working draft summary of the official plan, two briefs (plus a draft of one) by the MLA to the Municipality regarding area planning, amendments (number 12 and 19) to the official plan of the Muskoka Planning Area, and other material. Some material annotated "Peter Cragg" and some annotated "Rob Purves." Multiple copies of some documents are present.

File consists of a thesis by Robert B. Ferguson submitted to the University of Waterloo as part of the requirements for the Bachelor of Environmental Studies in Honours Urban and Regional Planning degree.

Series consists of material relating to the 100th anniversary of the MLA in 1994 and the centennial celebrations held during that year. Includes commemorative books produced by the association, ephemera, correspondence, photocopied material on the history of the association, and other material.

File consists of an untitled ms. volume containing minutes of the annual and general meetings starting with the first organizational meeting of Feb. 19, 1894. This was considered the 1st annual meeting. Annual meeting minutes are present for the years 1894, 1895, 1896, [1897], 1898, [1899], [1900],1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910.

Other minutes: Regatta Committee, 1894, Cottagers' Committee, 1896, as well as two leaves containing a list of prizes (medallions, etc.) with prices.

The volume also contains loose inserts:
1a) Minutes, Cottagers' Committee, Dec. 26, 1895,
1b) Telegram from the King, Aug. 6, 1906,
1c) certificates of measurement, undated, for named boats, signed Jno Rogers, Official Measurer.

File consists of minutes for a Special General Meeting, May 2, 1912. Minutes for the annual meeting held Aug. 19, 1912 are in File 7 as they were printed as a pamphlet, together with the 1913 annual meeting minutes.

File consists of minutes of a meeting of all committees, Apr. 24, 1917, ms., minutes of the annual meeting, Aug. 20, 1917, Executive Committee Report for same date, both mimeograph ts.

File consists of minutes for the annual meeting, Aug. 23, 1920, includes separate Executive Committee Report, mimeograph ts.

File consists of minutes for the annual meeting, Aug. 22, 1921, includes separate Executive Committee Report, mimeograph ts.

File consists of minutes for the annual meeting, Aug. 19, 1922, includes separate Executive Committee Report, mimeograph ts. Also contains ms. minutes of the Executive Committee for Jan. 20, Apr. 26, July 17 and Dec. 8, 1922.

File consists of minutes of the Executive Committee, Feb. 16 and May 16, 1925.

File consists of an agenda and minutes.

File consists of minutes and supporting documents, including photocopy of MLA Newsletter.

File consists of minutes.

File consists of a meeting notice, minutes, and supporting documents, including philosophy and mandate.

File consists of a meeting notice, minutes, and supporting documents including financial statements to Dec. 31, 1977.

File consists of an agenda, minutes, and supporting documents, including financial statements for the year ended Dec. 31, 1978.

File consists of an agenda, minutes, and supporting documents.

File consists of an agenda, proposed by-law no. 1 [Constitution], financial statements 1979, budget 1980, hand-drawn organization chart, report [i.e. photocopied minutes] of the Long Range Planning Committee.

File consists of minutes.

File consists of minutes. Also includes brief on secondary planning.

File consists of minutes.

File consists of minutes.

File consists of minutes.

File consists of minutes. Also includes Environmental Protection Committee 1982 Plan of Action, 1981 report of same.statements as at Dec. 31, 1981.

File consists of minutes.

File consists of minutes.

File consists of minutes. Also includes MLA Newsletter, June 1984, and minutes of MLA Area Representative meeting, June 23, 1984.

File consists of minutes. Also includes "notes" from Land Use Committee.

File consists of minutes. Also includes financial statement and auditors' report, Dec. 31, 1985, and MLA Newsletter, Nov. 1985.

File consists of minutes.

Series consists of financial statements and accounting journals.

File consists of one journal.

File consists of one journal.

Series consists of documents of a legal and incorporative nature essential to the operation of the Muskoka Lakes Association as a legal entity. Includes the Association's constitution, letters patent, by-laws, and correspondence.

File consists of material relating to the content and production of the 1994 MLA yearbook. Contains correspondence, minutes, report, etc., including annual meeting minutes for 1993.

File consists of annual meeting notices for 1917, 1919, [198-] and 1994..

Series consists of publications of the Muskoka Lakes Association, including the Association handbook, newsletters, and the yearbook.

Series consits of photographs, snapshots, negatives, contact sheets, and slides relating to the activitites of the Muskoka Lakes Association.

File consists of 7 snapshots.

File consists of 82 photographs and three postcards intended for use in the 1984 90th anniversary yearbook. All except postcards are copies.

File consists of 1 envelope of col. snapshots and negatives (includes duplicates).

File consists of 1 videocassette.

File consists of 5 medallions, not inscribed: 3 different silver medallions for MLA Children's Regatta 1929, 1933, 1934; 2 identical bronze medallions, undated, with white flag and green leaf.

File consists of a medallion.

File consists of a medallion.

File consists of a medallion.

File consists of a medallion.

File consists of a medallion.

File consists of 2 cloth "$100.00 Reward" signs.

Series consists of the working files of Michael Vaughan containing material created, accumulated and used by Vaughan during his involvement with the MLA from 1969 to 1986. Records relate mainly to his role as member (1969-1975), vice-chair (1975-1977), chair (1977-1982), and past chair (1982-1984) of the Committee on Land Use, Taxation, and Highways; and as vice-president (1982-1984) and president (1984-1986) of the association.

Series also includes records relating to various other committees, issues, and events. The Committee on Land Use, Taxation, and Highways was responsible for examining and responding to town planning, development, and other land use issues in the Muskoka region. One of the developments of major concern during Vaughan's tenure as chair was a proposed resort at the Roseneath property on Beaumaris Island, and several files in this series relate to this issue.

Series includes correspondence, memoranda, reports, studies, presentations, meeting agendas and minutes, handwritten and typed notes, newspaper clippings, newsletters, agreements, maps and plans, and other material.

File consists of the minutes and agendas for two meetings of the board of directors of the Muskoka Lakes Association in 1981. Michael Vaughan reported at both meetings as chair of the Land Use Committee.

File consists of material from the Canadian Coalition on Acid Rain. Includes photocopied correspondence to coalition members from coordinator Adele Hurley; photocopied newspaper clippings, press releases and speeches (including one by coalition coordinator Michael Perley); a report; a typed list of coalition member organizations; and an issue of National Journal (July 18, 1981, vol. 13, no. 29).

File consists of newspaper clippings relating activities of and issues of intersest to the MLA. Includes some photocopies.

File consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence and memoranda with accompanying material relating mainly to the activities of Michael Vaughan as chair of the Committee on Land Use, Taxation, and Highways and then president of the MLA. Much of the material relates to the activities of the Land Use Committee and issues surrounding planning and development in the Muskoka region, and some material also relates to taxation, pollution, water safety, and other issues.

In addition to correspondence and memoranda, file includes reports, meeting minutes, newsletters, etc. Some letters were sent to him as carbon copies and some letters are photocopies. Includes an invitation from Ontario Lieutenant Governor John B. Aird, and letters from Ontario Premiers Frank Miller and David Peterson.

File consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence and memoranda with accompanying material relating mainly to the activities of Michael Vaughan as chair of the Committee on Land Use, Taxation, and Highways and then president of the MLA. Much of the material relates to the activities of the Land Use Committee and issues surrounding planning and development in the Muskoka region, and some material also relates to taxation, pollution, water safety, and other issues.

In addition to correspondence and memoranda, file includes reports, meeting minutes, newsletters, etc. Some letters were sent to him as carbon copies and some letters are photocopies. Includes an invitation from Ontario Lieutenant Governor John B. Aird, and letters from Ontario Premiers Frank Miller and David Peterson.

File consists of a letter to Michael Vaughan from Stanley B. Stein of Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt (Toronto, ON) regarding by-laws relating to houseboat rentals.

File consists of material relating to the activities of the Committee on Land Use, Taxation, and Highways in 1978, and in partiular a critique of the Secondary Plan for the Township of Muskoka Lakes, as well as some material relating to the Political Action Committee. Includes correspondence (some photocopied), typed notes, minutes of a Land Use Committee meeting, a list of the MLA executive for 1978-1979, photocopied newspaper clippings, handwritten notes, etc.