 Bigwin Island Fall Photo | |
  Bigwin Island Location in Southern Ontario | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Lake of Bays |
| Coordinates | 45°14′34″N 79°01′37″W / 45.24278°N 79.02694°W[1] |
| Area | 222 ha (550 acres)[2] |
| Highest elevation | 333 m (1093 ft)[3] |
| Administration | |
| Province | Ontario |
| District Municipality | Muskoka |
| Municipality | Lake of Bays |
| Additional information | |
| Time zone | |
| • Summer (DST) |
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Bigwin Island is an island in the municipality of Lake of Bays, District Municipality of Muskoka in Central Ontario, Canada.[1][4][5] It the largest island on Lake of Bays.[2][6]
There are multiple Indigenous burial grounds on the island and immediately offshore (due to flooding from industrial damming). The first property developers agreed to preserve and protect all the graves from desecration and to let Chief John Bigwin be buried here with his ancestors after he died.
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