Talk:Lake Joseph

Incorrect information

Hello, there is an error on this page, in the first paragraph. It says, "William Robinson ... named Lake Joseph and neighbouring Lake Rosseau after his friend Joseph Rousseau, the father of a fur trader in the area."

The wiki page cites MUSKOKA THE FIRST ISLANDERS AND AFTER by D. H. C. Mason 1974: HERALD-GAZETTE PRESS BRACEBRIDGE, ONTARIO. However, the book actually contradicts the name origin, the book says:

"An account of this survey appears in the unpublished memoirs of Mr. Vernon B. Wadsworth, after whom Vernon Lake was named. Mr. Wadsworth, as a boy of sixteen, was a member of a survey party under Mr. John S. Dennis, sent by the Commissioner of Crown Lands to make a number of exploratory and road surveys in Muskoka in 1860 and 1861. They made a canoe traverse of Lakes Muskoka, Rosseau and Joseph, which latter lake they thought they had discovered, knowing nothing of David Thompson's map. Dennis named the lake after his father, Joseph Dennis. Mr. Wadsworth also says that Lake Rosseau had been named after an Indian interpreter who lived at the mouth of the Humber River and had been employed by Governor Simcoe." (Mason, pp. 11-12)

I'm not sure where the page got the contradictory information from, just wanted to bring it to your attention. Sandragloz (talk) 23:19, 19 April 2025 (UTC)