Kahshe Lake

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Kahshe Lake is a lake situated in the Muskoka region in Ontario, Canada (just south of the town of Gravenhurst). It is one of the main cottaging lakes in the region and is the fourth largest of these lakes by area. There are approximately 600 cottages on the lake. The lake is "Tea Coloured", containing a high level of dissolved organics.

[edit] Name

The Indian words, Kah-she-she-bog-a-mog are defined in a dictionary developed by early Jesuit Missionaries and located in the archives in Ottawa. Kah-Lake, She-Many,Bog-Ducks,a-and, Mog or Maug-Loons, therefore Lake of Many Many Ducks and Loons ( researched by Ken Little ). Other people swear that it means Lake of Many Islands. Yet others, especially those with powerful motor boats, nickname it Lake of Many Rocks. Others say the name means "Lake of Healing Waters".