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Token - Gravenhurst, Ontario
| Issuer | Canada |
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| Year | 1983 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Central field depicts a detailed three-quarter view of the R.M.S. Segwun steamship underway on Lake Muskoka, rendered in raised relief with rigging, masts, smokestack, and multi-deck superstructure clearly delineated. The ship's name R.M.S. 'SEGWUN' appears in the upper field above the vessel. The legend GRAVENHURST arcs boldly along the upper rim, while LAKE MUSKOKA / ONTARIO / 1983 is inscribed in the lower field beneath the ship. The legend CANADA'S FAVOURITE TOURIST AREA curves along the lower rim, flanked on both sides by a border of raised stars and a beaded inner rim. |
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| Reverse lettering | MUSIC ON THE BARGE OFFICIALLY OPENED JULY 1959 BY H.R.H. ELIZABETH II SILVER ANNIVERSARY |
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Gravenhurst, situated at the southern gateway to Muskoka, issued this token during the early 1980s wave of municipal and regional trade tokens that briefly proliferated across small-town Ontario — a period when local merchants and tourism boards experimented with scrip-adjacent pieces to drive foot traffic during summer seasons. The town is better known as the birthplace of Norman Bethune, the surgeon who became a figure of considerable political complexity in both Canada and China.