Bracebridge

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Bracebridge
Center of Bracebridge
Center of Bracebridge
Location in Ontario
Bracebridge, Ontario
Bracebridge
Bracebridge
State : CanadaCanada Canada
Province : Ontario
Coordinates : 45 ° 2 ′  N , 79 ° 18 ′  W Coordinates: 45 ° 2 ′  N , 79 ° 18 ′  W
Area : 617.42 km²
Residents : 15,652 (as of 2006)
Population density : 25.4 inhabitants / km²
Time zone : Eastern Time ( UTC − 5 )
Postal code : P1L
Mayor : Don Coates
Website : www.town.bracebridge.on.ca
Bracebridge around 1870
Bracebridge around 1870

Bracebridge is a city in Canada and the administrative seat of the Muskoka District Municipality in Ontario .

The city was named Bracebridge Hall after a book by Washington Irving in 1875 . Bracebridge, with around 14,000 inhabitants, is located at the 45th parallel , i.e. exactly in the middle between the equator and the North Pole . With Santa's Village, a Christmas themed park, the city has a regional tourist attraction.

The politician and 19th Prime Minister of Ontario Frank Miller (1927-2000) spent his final years in Bracebridge and died there in 2000.

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