Gravenhurst
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Kahshe
Lake
Kahshe Lake is a small cottage community of about 600 cottages on the shores of Kahshe Lake, which is the fourth largest lake in Muskoka. Kahshe Lake is just east of Highway 11 on Kahshe Lake Road, near Bass Lake. It’s about an hour north of Orillia in Morrison Township.
Kahshe Lake began as a series of loggin camps in the 1860s. A guy named James Grant soon built a sawmill near the lake and others followed, eventually building a hotel and a general store. However James grant died and the rest fell into disrepair. Kahshe Lake was then abandoned and eventually become a cottage community.
I haven’t visited Kahshe Lake (or at least not that I have noticed) so I don’t have a good idea of the amenities that might (or more likely might not) exist in town. I know that there are tow marinas and a resort. There are numerous private cottages listed online for rent or sale. Surprisingly there is no camping on Kahshe Lake, however.
There two ideas of what “Kahshe” means. Some think it came from an Aboriginal word Kah-she-she-bog-a-mog, which, according to one source, means Lake of Many Ducks and Birds. Another thinks that it means healings waters. The lake itself is "Tea Coloured", due to a high level of dissolved organics.
Kahshe Lake Barrens Conservation Reserve is home to numerous provincially and nationally rare plant and animal species. It is ecologically significant because of its large size and lack of habitat fragmentation.
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Links: Kahshe Lake Citizens Association The Healing Waters of Kahshe Lake
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