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Highland Ontario Hardly elevated enough to deserve its name, this is a region of rocky hills, forests and scenic lakes which makes it a natural resort area for the people of the cities to the south. Once the scene of a great lumbering industry, its second growth forest still provides considerable amounts of both softwood and hardwood lumber. A sporadic agricultural settlement followed the lumbermen, but a great deal of land has been abandoned. In favourable pockets, however, considerable agriculture is still carried on. The dominant economic activity, in many areas, is catering to the wants of tourists and vacation guests. The Muskoka Lakes were exploited at the beginning of the 20th century. They were made accessible to city people by the building of the railways and most of the old lumber settlements became resort towns. Small cruise steamers were put on the lakes as an added attraction. In recent decades most visitors come via the highway and do their cruising in their own cars. There are no large places; Gravenhurst, Bracebridge and Huntsville. Parry Sound, is the gateway to the 30,000 islands of Georgian Bay. Algonquin Park is the highest and most rugged part of this region. Here an area of 2,741 square miles of forest and lake has been set aside as a provincial park where game animals are protected. Railways and a highway cross the park and hotels and lodges are accessible from both, but a large part is still wilderness, accessible only by canoe. Home